Toxicity and carcinogenicity mechanisms of fibrous antigorite

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Cardile, Venera ^a   Lombardo, Laura ^a   Belluso, Elena ^b   Panico, Annamaria ^a   Capella, Silvana ^b   Balazy, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigorite; Asbestos fibers; Free radicals; Inflammation; Lung cancer; Oxidative stress; Toxicity, cyclooxygenase

Indexed keywords

ACETOACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIGORITE; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; CHRYSOTILE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FREE RADICAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TREMOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INJURY; MESOTHELIUM CELL; MONOCYTE; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOXICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URBAN AREA; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 34250363193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2007010001     Document Type: Article

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