The carcinogenicity of WHO fibers of silicon carbide: SiC whiskers compared to cleavage fragments of granular SiC

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 623-631

  Rödelsperger, Klaus ^a   Brückel, Bernd ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON CARBIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMOR; VIBRISSA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERAL FIBERS; PARTICLE SIZE; RATS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33746826108     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370600742987     Document Type: Article

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