Pulmonary function and histological impairment in mice after acute exposure to aluminum dust

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 861-867

  Mazzoli Rocha, Flavia ^a   Dos Santos, Aline Nogueira ^a   Fernandes, Silviane ^a   Ferreira Normando, Valeria Marques ^b   Malm, Olaf ^a   Nascimento Saldiva, Paulo Hilrio ^c   Wanderley Picanço Diniz, Domingos Luiz ^b   Faffe, Débora Souza ^a   Zin, Walter Araujo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Federal University of Pa   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Alumina; Inflammation; Lung mechanics; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINUM FACTORY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BRAZIL; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG MECHANICS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NEBULIZER; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; DUST; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUTROPHILS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

MUS;

EID: 77955476977     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2010.489074     Document Type: Article

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