Histological changes in the lung of Wistar albino rats (Rattus norvegicus) after exposure to Arabian incense (Genus Boswellia)

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 293-295

  Alokail, Majed S ^a   Alarifi, Saud A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSWELLIA EXTRACT; EOSIN; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ISOLATED LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG VOLUME; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 4344567869     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2004.293     Document Type: Article

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