Clearance of deposited silicon carbide whisker from rat lungs inhaled during a 4-week exposure

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-35

  Akiyama, Izumi ^a,b   Ogami, Akira ^a   Oyabu, Takako ^a   Yamato, Hiroshi ^a   Morimoto, Yasuo ^a   Tanaka, Isamu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TORAY INDUSTRIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopersistence; Clearance; Deposition; Inhalation; Lung burden; Silicon carbide whisker

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; SILICON CARBIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; LUNG BURDEN; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIBRISSA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; LUNG; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; PARTICLE SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037283236     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.45.31     Document Type: Article

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