Persistence of tungsten oxide particle/fiber mixtures in artificial human lung fluids

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Stefaniak, Aleksandr B ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LUNG; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; LUNG FLUID; LUNG TOXICITY; MACROPHAGE; MATERIAL STATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHAGOLYSOSOME; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; TOXICITY TESTING; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; DUST; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLUBILITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; DUST; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWDERS; SOLUBILITY; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 78649608598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8977-7-38     Document Type: Article

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