Do vitreous fibers break in the lung?

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 311-315

  Eastes, Walter ^a   Baron, Paul A ^b   Baier, Robert E ^c   Guldberg, Marianne ^d   Potter, Russell ^a  

^a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c Rockwool International AS   (Denmark)

^d OWENS CORNING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; LUNG; LUNG FLUID; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; GLASS; LUNG; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33847126511     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370601144530     Document Type: Article

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