Pulmonary febrosis and ferruginous bodies associated with exposure to synthetic fibers

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 723-729

  Ghio, Andrew J ^a   Funkhouser, William ^b   Pugh, Christopher B ^b   Winters, Scot ^b   Stonehuerner, Jacqueline G ^a   Mahar, Annabelle M ^c   Roggli, Victor L ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dacron; Nylon; Pneumoconiosis; Pulmonary diseases; Pulmonary fibrosis; Textiles

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; IRON; PREDNISONE; CELLULOSE; NYLON; OXIDIZING AGENT; RAYON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; IRON KINETICS; LUNG DEPOSIT; LUNG FIBROSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SIDEROSIS; SYNTHETIC FIBER; TEXTILE FIBER; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPOSURE; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTILE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ADULT; CELLULOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRON; LUNG; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; NYLONS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750507140     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926230600932448     Document Type: Article

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