Toxicologic evaluation of tungsten: 28-day inhalation study of tungsten blue oxide in rats

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 985-994

  Rajendran, Narayanan ^a   Hu, Shu Chieh ^a   Sullivan, Dennis ^a   Muzzio, Miguel ^a   Detrisac, Carol J ^b   Venezia, Carmen ^c  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Global Tungsten and Powders Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Elimination; Inhalation; Rat; Toxicity; Toxicokinetics; Tungsten blue oxide

Indexed keywords

TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN BLUE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOREIGN BODY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LUNG WEIGHT; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXIC INHALATION; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOAM CELLS; HALF-LIFE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; KIDNEY; LUNG; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUNGSTEN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84870832514     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2012.745176     Document Type: Article

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