Comparative long-term toxicity of libby amphibole and amosite asbestos in rats after single or multiple intratracheal exposures

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 151-165

  Cyphert, Jaime M ^a,b   Carlin, Danielle J ^b   Nyska, Abraham ^b,c   Schladweiler, Mette C ^d   Ledbetter, Allen D ^d   Shannahan, Jonathan H ^e   Kodavanti, Urmila P ^d   Gavett, Stephen H ^d  

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

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

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOSITE; AMPHIBOLE; LIBBY AMPHIBOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RAT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; FISCHER 344 RAT; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

RATTUS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; ASBESTOS, AMOSITE; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC;

EID: 84919624618     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2014.947455     Document Type: Article

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