Morphological effects in rat lungs exposed to urban roadside air

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 799-818

  Kato, Atsunaka ^a   Kagawa, Jun ^b  

^a JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXHAUST GAS; GOBLET CELL; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0043169685     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370390217855     Document Type: Article

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