Enhanced pulmonary response to the inhalation of freshly fractured silica as compared with aged dust exposure

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 937-941

  Castranova, Vincent ^a   Pailes, William H ^a   Dalai, Nar S ^b   Miles, Philip R ^a   Bowman, Linda ^a   Vallyathan, Val ^a   Pack, Donna ^a   Weber, Kenneth C ^a   Hubbs, Ann ^a   Schwegler Berry, Diane ^a   Xiang, Jean ^a   Dey, Richard ^b   Blackford, Jack ^b   Ma, Jane Y C ^a   Barger, Mark ^a   Shoemaker, Dale E ^a   Pretty, Jack R ^a   Ramsey, Dawn M ^a   McLuurin, Jeff L ^a   Khan, Amir ^a   Baron, Paul A ^a   Childress, Charles P ^a   Stettler, Lloyd E ^a   Teass, Alex W ^a   more..

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

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; LEUKOTRIENE B4; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SILICON DIOXIDE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SILICOSIS;

EID: 9444219635     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1996.10389993     Document Type: Article

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