Biological effect of carbon graphite whisker in rat lung by long-term Inhalation

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 668-673

  Ishimatsu, Sumiyo ^a   Hori, Hajime ^a   Kasai, Takahiko ^b   Ogami, Akira ^b   Morimoto, Yasuo ^b   Oyabu, Takako ^b   Tanaka, Isamu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON GRAPHITE WHISKER; GRAPHITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; GEOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INHALATION; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TOXICITY; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOMA; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GRAPHITE; HYPERPLASIA; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LONGEVITY; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MINERAL FIBERS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; ORGAN SIZE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 70350613312     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370802524365     Document Type: Article

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