Effects of formaldehyde on the frog's mucociliary epithelium as a surrogate to evaluate air pollution effects on the respiratory epithelium

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 639-643

  Flo Neyret C ^a,b   Lorenzi Filho, G ^a   Macchione, M ^a   Garcia, M L B ^a   Saldiva, P H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Formaldehyde; Mucociliary clearance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FORMALDEHYDE; FUEL; GASOLINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EVALUATION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 17144455503     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2001000500012     Document Type: Article

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