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Apoptosis and Bax Expression are Increased by Coal Dust in the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Exposed Lung

BACKGROUND: Miners inhaling respirable coal dust (CD) frequently develop coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, a dust-associated pneumoconiosis characterized by lung inflammation and variable fibrosis. Many coal miners are also exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) components of diesel engine exh...

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Autores principales: Ghanem, Mohamed M., Battelli, Lori A., Mercer, Robert R., Scabilloni, James F., Kashon, Michael L., Ma, Jane Y.C., Nath, Joginder, Hubbs, Ann F.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1570065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16966090
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8906