Microscopic Analysis of Chromium Accumulation in the Bronchi and Lung of Chromate Workers

Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2420-2429

  Kondo, Kazuya ^a   Takahashi, Yuji ^a   Ishikawa, Sumiyo ^b   Uchihara, Hiroshi ^b   Hirose, Yukiko ^a   Yoshizawa, Kiyoshi ^c   Tsuyuguchi, Masaru ^d   Takizawa, Hiromitsu ^a   Miyoshi, Takanori ^a   Sakiyama, Shoji ^a   Monden, Yasumasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b HORIBA LTD   (Japan)

^c TAKAMATSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TOKUSHIMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Bronchus; Chromate worker; Chromium; Lung carcinoma; Lung tissue specimens

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRONCHIOLE; BRONCHUS; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROMA; WORK ENVIRONMENT; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHI; CARCINOMA; CHROMATES; CHROMIUM; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 0345707590     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11818     Document Type: Article

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