Deposition of inhaled man-made mineral fibres in the lungs of rats.
1982
Y Hammad, and
J Diem, and
J Craighead, and
H Weill
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008168
Lung
Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.
Lungs
D008297
Male
Males
D008903
Minerals
Native, inorganic or fossilized organic substances having a definite chemical composition and formed by inorganic reactions. They may occur as individual crystals or may be disseminated in some other mineral or rock. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed; McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Mineral
D012119
Respiration
The act of breathing with the LUNGS, consisting of INHALATION, or the taking into the lungs of the ambient air, and of EXHALATION, or the expelling of the modified air which contains more CARBON DIOXIDE than the air taken in (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed.). This does not include tissue respiration (
Breathing
D004391
Dust
Earth or other matter in fine, dry particles. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
House Dust,Housedust,Dust, House
D000818
Animals
Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.