The effect of fibrous dusts on lung cells. In vitro study

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Kovacikova Z ^a   Petrovska H ^a   Tatrai E ^b   Dusinska M ^a  

^a SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b NIOH   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophages; DNA damage; Fibrous dusts; Type II epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMOSITE; ASBESTOS; CALCIUM SILICATE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; GLASS FIBER; MINERAL FIBER;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMET ASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FIBROUS DUST; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ASBESTOS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA DAMAGE; DUST; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MINERAL FIBERS; RATS; SMOKE; TOBACCO;

EID: 2342452542     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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