Comparative pulmonary toxicity of 6 abrasive blasting agents

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 135-143

  Hubbs, A F ^a,b   Minhas, N S ^a   Jones, W ^a   Greskevitch, M ^a   Battelli, L A ^a   Porter, D W ^a   Goldsmith, W T ^a   Frazer, D ^a   Landsittel, D P ^a   Ma, J Y C ^a   Barger, M ^a   Hill, K ^a   Schwegler Berry, D ^a   Robinson, V A ^a   Castranova, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal slag; Fibrosis; Garnet; Inflammation; Iron oxide; Lung; Quartz; Sand; Silica; Specular hematite; Staurolite

Indexed keywords

COAL; FERRIC OXIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SILICON DIOXIDE; ZYMOSAN;

ABRASION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INHALATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TOXICITY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; RAT; SAND; TIME; TOXICOLOGY; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COAL; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUNG; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERALS; NEUTROPHILS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 17744379569     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/61.1.135     Document Type: Article

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