2 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Contributions of experimental asbestosis in sheep to the understanding of asbestosis
…to 5 years. The authors described four tissue reactions to asbestos: no-retention, low-retention, high-retention and intermediate. They suggested that the intermediate reaction might explain non-progressive cases of minimal asbestosis. Exposure dose and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Biochemical components of bronchoalveolar lavage in early experimental asbestosis of the sheep: phospholipase A2 activity, prostaglandin E2 and proteins
…significantly increased in both low and high dose groups. These changes in protein and lipid components of BAL following asbestos exposure constitute early indices of lung inflammatory reactions which may contribute to the development of asbestosis.