Dose-response relationships of granular bio-durable dusts in rat lungs: Does a cancer threshold exist?

European Journal of Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 277-293

  Roller, Markus ^a,b  

^a Extramural   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Human; Lung; Particles; Rat

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CARCINOGENICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HPRT GENE; INHALATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG CLEARANCE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; ORGANIC DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 1242336957     PISSN: 11286598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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