What makes silica toxic?

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<dc:creator>Bagchi, N.</dc:creator>
<dc:date>1992-03-01</dc:date>
<dc:description xml:lang="es">Sumario: Published data suggest that particle charge could be related to its toxicity. Respirable particles containing silica were therefore collected in foundries and their charge measured. These particles carried high levels of positive charge that were related to low humidity. incubating these particles with pulmonary macrophages from mice produced detectable activities of collagenase, aprecursor of silicosis. These experiments confirm that the toxicity of silica particles is likely to be because of the positive charge they carry</dc:description>
<dc:identifier>https://documentacion.fundacionmapfre.org/documentacion/publico/es/bib/45324.do</dc:identifier>
<dc:language>eng</dc:language>
<dc:rights xml:lang="es">InC - http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</dc:rights>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Medicina laboral</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Enfermedades profesionales</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Silicosis</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Sílice</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Polvo de sílice</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Experimentos</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Toxicidad</dc:subject>
<dc:type xml:lang="es">Artículos y capítulos</dc:type>
<dc:title xml:lang="es">What makes silica toxic?</dc:title>
<dc:title xml:lang="es">Título: British journal of industrial medicine</dc:title>
<dc:relation xml:lang="es">En: British journal of industrial medicine. - London and Margate. - nº 3, March 1992 ; p. 163-166</dc:relation>
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