Comparison of stainless and mild steel welding fumes in generation of reactive oxygen species

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Leonard, Stephen S ^a   Chen, Bean T ^a   Stone, Samuel G ^a   Schwegler Berry, Diane ^a   Kenyon, Allison J ^a   Frazer, David ^a   Antonini, James M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NICKEL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIC INHALATION; WELDING; WELDING FUME; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPOSURE; LUNG; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SMOKE; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA DAMAGE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG; MICE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTICLE SIZE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SMOKE; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL; TIME FACTORS; WELDING;

EID: 78049341664     PISSN: 17438977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8977-7-32     Document Type: Article

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