Comparison of calidria chrysotile asbestos to pure tremolite: Final results of the inhalation biopersistence and histopathology examination following short-term exposure

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 427-449

  Bernstein, David M ^a   Chevalier, Jörg ^b   Smith, Paul ^a  

^a EPS Experimental Pathology Services AG ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Research and Consulting Company Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TREMOLITE;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG TOXICITY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENS; HALF-LIFE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGAN SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE; RATS;

EID: 21044431774     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370591002012     Document Type: Article

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