Beryllium granulomata in the lungs of rats.
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چکیده
At the Ninth International Congress on Industrial Medicine Policard (1948) reported the production of granulomata in the lungs of rats and guinea-pigs by dusting with beryllium oxide. Details of the particle size of the dust were not given. Policard claimed that hyperplasia of the mesenchymatous cells of the lung after dusting with beryllium oxide resulted in three types of response (1) histiocytic pneumonia, (2) granulomatous nodules, mainly in guinea-pigs, and (3) cellular thickening of the alveolar walls, particularly in rats.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British journal of industrial medicine
دوره 7 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1950