Pulmonary toxicity and extrapulmonary tissue distribution of metals after repeated exposure to different welding fumes

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 805-816

  Antonini, James M ^a   Roberts, Jenny R ^a   Chapman, Rebecca S ^a   Soukup, Joleen M ^b   Ghio, Andrew J ^b   Sriram, Krishnan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodistribution; Brain; Chromium; Lung clearance; Manganese; Pulmonary toxicity; Welding fume

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; MANGANESE; METAL; STEEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INFLAMMATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG DEPOSIT; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WELDING FUME;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LUNG; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEEL; WELDING;

RATTUS;

EID: 77955487829     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958371003621641     Document Type: Article

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