Ultrastructural changes of pneumocytes of rat exposed to Arabian incense (Bakhour)

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1689-1693

  Alarifi, Saud A ^a   Mubarak, Mohammed M ^a   Alokail, Majed S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 1; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BOSWELLIA; CELL SURVIVAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGANELLES; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKE;

EID: 10644290318     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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