Histopathological changes in rat lung following intratracheal instillation of silicon carbide whiskers and potassium octatitanate whiskers

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 753-758

  Ogami, Akira ^a   Morimoto, Yasuo ^a   Myojo, Toshihiko ^a   Oyabu, Takako ^a   Murakami, Masahiro ^a   Nishi, Kenichiro ^a   Kadoya, Chikara ^a   Tanaka, Isamu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CROCIDOLITE; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANATE POTASSIUM; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WORKPLACE;

ANIMALS; CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; FIBROSIS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MINERAL FIBERS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM;

RATTUS;

EID: 34347399571     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370701399869     Document Type: Article

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