Sumas mountain chrysotile induces greater lung fibrosis in fischer 344 rats than Libby amphibole, El Dorado tremolite, and Ontario ferroactinolite

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 405-415

  Cyphert, Jaime M ^a,b   Nyska, Abraham ^c,d   Mahoney, Ron K ^e   Schladweiler, Mette C ^b   Kodavanti, Urmila P ^b   Gavett, Stephen H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e EMSL Analytical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleavage fragments; El Dorado; Fibrosis; Libby amphibole; Sumas Mountain

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS FIBER; CHRYSOTILE; FERROACTINOLITE; TREMOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; PARTICLE SIZE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84869434660     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfs249     Document Type: Article

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