Short-term inhalation of stainless steel welding fume causes sustained lung toxicity but no tumorigenesis in lung tumor susceptible A/J mice

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 112-120

  Zeidler Erdely, Patti C ^a   Battelli, Lori A ^a   Stone, Sam ^a   Chen, Bean T ^a   Frazer, David G ^a   Young, Shih Houng ^a   Erdely, Aaron ^a   Kashon, Michael L ^a   Andrews, Ronnee ^a   Antonini, James M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Chromium; Lung cancer; Strain A mice; Welding

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 2; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; STAINLESS STEEL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INHALATION; LUNG TOXICITY; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELDING FUME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CYTOKINES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; PERMEABILITY; STAINLESS STEEL; TOXICITY TESTS; WELDING;

MUS;

EID: 79951629114     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2010.548838     Document Type: Article

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