DEVELOPMENT OF WELDING FUME INDUCED LUNG FIBROSIS MODEL IN SPRAGUE DAWLEY RATS

  • Chung, Yong-Hyun (Center for Occupational Toxicology, Occupational Safety & Health Research Institute) ;
  • Chang, Hee-Kyung (Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Kosin University) ;
  • Song, Kyung-Seuk (Center for Occupational Toxicology, Occupational Safety & Health Research Institute) ;
  • Han, Jeong-Hee (Center for Occupational Toxicology, Occupational Safety & Health Research Institute) ;
  • Han, Kuy-Tae (College of Pharmacy, Sung Kyun Kwan University) ;
  • Chung, Kyu-Hyuk (College of Pharmacy, Sung Kyun Kwan University) ;
  • Chung, Ho-Keun (College of Pharmacy, Sung Kyun Kwan University) ;
  • Yu, Il-Je (College of Pharmacy, Sung Kyun Kwan University)
  • Published : 2002.05.01

Abstract

To investigate the disease and recovery process of pneumoconiosis induced by welding-fume exposure, a lung fibrosis model was established by building a stainless steel arc welding fume generation system and exposing male Sprague-Dawley rats for 90 days.(omitted)

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