Addition of calcite reduces iron's bioavailability in the Pennsylvania coals - Potential use of calcite for the prevention of coal workers' lung diseases

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 68, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1663-1679

  Zhang, Qi ^a   Huang, Xi ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; COAL; FERRITIN; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL LEVEL; COAL WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL LINE; COAL MINING; CYTOLOGY; GERMFREE ANIMAL; LUNG; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CELL LINE; COAL; COAL MINING; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; LUNG; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENNSYLVANIA; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 26944431642     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500192130     Document Type: Article

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