Recovery from welding-fume-exposure-induced lung fibrosis and pulmonary function changes in Sprague Dawley rats

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 608-613

  Sung, Jae Hyuck ^a   Choi, Byung Gil ^b   Maeng, Seung Hee ^a   Kim, Soo Jin ^a   Chung, Yong Hyun ^a   Han, Jeong Hee ^a   Song, Kyung Seuk ^c   Lee, Yong Hwan ^d   Cho, Yong Bong ^b   Cho, Myung Haing ^c   Kim, Kwang Jong ^a   Hyun, Jin Suk ^a   Yu, Il Je ^a  

^a Occupational Safety Health Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Kosin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lung fibrosis; Pulmonary function test; Tidal volume; Welder's pneumoconiosis; Welding fume

Indexed keywords

METAL; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXPOSURE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INHALATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FLUID; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIDAL VOLUME; WELDING FUME;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TIDAL VOLUME; WELDING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10044240373     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfh289     Document Type: Article

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