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INTERSPECIES MODELING OF INHALED PARTICLE DEPOSITION
Citation:
Martonen, T. AND Z. Zhang. INTERSPECIES MODELING OF INHALED PARTICLE DEPOSITION. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-93/124 (NTIS PB93181121).
Description:
To evaluate the potential toxic effects of ambient contaminants or therapeutic effects of airborne drugs, inhalation exposure experiments can be performed with surrogate laboratory animals. erein, an interspecies particle deposition theory is presented for physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling. t is derived to improve animal testing protocols. he computer code describes the behavior and fate of particles in the lungs of human subjects and a selected surrogate, the laboratory rat. n the simulations CO2 is integrated with exposure chamber atmospheres, and its concentrations regulated to produce rat breathing profiles corresponding to selected levels of human physical activity. he dosimetric model is used to calculate total, compartmental (i.e., tracheobronchial and pulmonary), and localized distribution patterns of inhaled particles in rats and humans for comparable ventilatory conditions. t is demonstrated that the model can be used to predetermine the exposure conditions necessary to produce deposition patterns in rats that are equivalent to those in humans at prescribed physical activities.