Characterization and reclassification of titanium dioxide-related pulmonary lesions

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1308-1313

  Warheit, David B ^a   Frame, Steven R ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPOSURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG CYST; LUNG INJURY; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA;

ANIMALS; CYSTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; KERATINS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TITANIUM;

EID: 33845685596     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000215385.71548.b0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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