Effects of acute inhalation of aerosols generated during resistance spot welding with mild-steel on pulmonary, vascular and immune responses in rats

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 697-707

  Zeidler Erdely, Patti C ^a   Meighan, Terence G ^a   Erdely, Aaron ^a   Fedan, Jeffrey S ^a   Thompson, Janet A ^a   Bilgesu, Suzan ^a   Waugh, Stacey ^a   Anderson, Stacey ^a   Marshall, Nikki B ^a   Afshari, Aliakbar ^a   Mckinney, Walter ^a   Frazer, David G ^a   Antonini, James M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Inhalation studies; Particulate matter; Volatile organic compounds; Welding

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGINASE 1; ARGINASE 2; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; EOTAXIN; GRANULOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; METHACHOLINE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; STEEL; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A; ADHESIVE AGENT; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EX VIVO STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INHALATION; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG RESISTANCE; LUNG TOXICITY; LYMPH NODE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; TAIL ARTERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WELDING; WELDING FUME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPOSURE; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FIRE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SPLEEN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULITIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ADHESIVES; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIRES; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LEUKOCYTES; LUNG; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SPLEEN; STEEL; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; VASCULITIS; WELDING;

EID: 84925041387     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2014.944287     Document Type: Article

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