Lung tumor promotion by chromium-containing welding particulate matter in a mouse model

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zeidler Erdely, Patti C ^a   Meighan, Terence G ^a   Erdely, Aaron ^a   Battelli, Lori A ^a   Kashon, Michael L ^a   Keane, Michael ^a   Antonini, James M ^a  

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

Author keywords

A J mouse; Cancer; Chromium; Nickel; Welding

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; CHROMIUM;

A J MOUSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELDING FUME;

ANIMALIA; MUS; ZEA MAYS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; CHROMIUM; COCARCINOGENESIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; MICE; SMOKE; TIME FACTORS; WELDING;

EID: 84883637409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8977-10-45     Document Type: Article

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