Patterns of histopathological change determined by the point counting method and its application for the hazard assessment of respirable dust

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 793-800

  Ogami, Akira ^a   Morimoto, Yasuo ^a   Yamato, Hiroshi ^a   Oyabu, Takako ^a   Kajiwara, Takayoshi ^a   Tanaka, Isamu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CROCIDOLITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; TISSUE SECTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; COLLAGEN; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DUST; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE; TISSUE FIXATION; TITANIUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4544339872     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370490476749     Document Type: Article

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