Adverse effects attributed to long-term radon inhalation in rats

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 925-930

  Li, Bing Yan ^a   Tong, Jian ^a,b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b School of Radiation Medicine and Public Health   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RADON;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD CELL; CELL COUNT; COMET ASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOCYTE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG FLUID; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL COUNT; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GLUTATHIONE; GRANULOCYTES; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INTERLEUKIN-6; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; PROTEINS; RADON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

RATTUS;

EID: 34247887420     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390701290162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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