Two-week toxicity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes by wholebody inhalation exposure in rats

Journal of Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-140

  Umeda, Yumi ^a   Kasai, Tatsuya ^a   Saito, Misae ^a   Kondo, Hitomi ^a   Toya, Tadao ^a   Aiso, Shigetoshi ^a   Okuda, Hirokazu ^a   Nishizawa, Tomoshi ^a   Fukushima, Shoji ^a  

^a JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inhalation; Multi walled carbon nanotube; Pulmonary toxicity; Rat; Whole body exposure

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; PROTEIN;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; RAT;

EID: 84880604958     PISSN: 09149198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1293/tox.26.131     Document Type: Article

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