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  • 标题:Clearance of inhaled ceramic fibers from rat lungs.
  • 作者:H Yamato ; I Tanaka ; T Higashi
  • 期刊名称:Environmental Health Perspectives
  • 印刷版ISSN:0091-6765
  • 电子版ISSN:1552-9924
  • 出版年度:1994
  • 卷号:102
  • 期号:Suppl 5
  • 页码:169-171
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:OCR Subscription Services Inc
  • 摘要:Deposition, clearance, retention, and durability of inhaled particles in lung are important factors for induction of pulmonary fibrosis or lung cancer. To study the deposition and clearance of aluminium silicate ceramic fibers from the lung, male Wistar rats were exposed to ceramic fibers, with a mass median aerodynamic diameter (MMAD) of 3.7 microns, for 6 hr/day, 5 days/week for 2 weeks. The average exposure concentration was 27.2 mg/m3 (SD 9.0). The rats were killed at 1 day, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months after the end of exposure, and the fiber numbers and dimensions were measured with a scanning electron microscope. No significant difference in length of residual ceramic fibers in the lungs was found among the groups. The geometric mean diameter and number of ceramic fibers, however, decreased according to the clearance period. These findings suggest that the fibers were dissolved at their surface. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (430K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References . 169 170 171
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