Toluene Diisocyanate Exposure Induces Laryngo-tracheal Eosinophilia, which can be Ameliorated by Supplementation with Antioxidant Vitamins in Guinea Pigs

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 965-971

  Gu, H ^a   Itoh, Masahiro ^b   Matsuyama, Nagahisa ^b   Hayashi, Shogo ^b   Iimura, Akira ^b   Nakamura, Yoichi ^b   Miki, Takanori ^a   Takeuchi, Yoshiki ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eosinophils; Laryngotracheitis; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LARYNGITIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT; TRACHEITIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GUINEA PIGS; LARYNX; MALE; PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA; TOLUENE 2,4-DIISOCYANATE; TRACHEA;

EID: 0242383472     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310001817     Document Type: Article

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