Titanium dioxide: Inhalation toxicology and epidemiology

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 461-472

  Hext, Paul M ^a   Tomenson, John A ^b   Thompson, Peter ^c  

^a JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ICI Group Headquarters North West Group Safety Security Health and Environment ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Bushey Flatt Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Inhalation; Titanium dioxide; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EPIDEMIOLOGY; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HISTOLOGY; TISSUE; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

HAMSTERS; HEALTH EFFECTS; INHALATION; TOXICOLOGY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRAVIMETRY; HAMSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION; LUNG BURDEN; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TISSUE REACTION; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TITANIUM;

EID: 23944525131     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mei012     Document Type: Article

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