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RECORD NUMBER: 643 OF 1860

Main Title Dose Response of Elastase-Induced Emphysema in Hamsters.
Author Raub, James A. ; Mercer, Robert R. ; Miller, Frederick J. ; Graham, Judith A. ; O'Neil, John J. ;
CORP Author Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Year Published 1981
Report Number EPA-600/J-81-332;
Stock Number PB82-248048
Additional Subjects Emphysema ; Respiratory diseases ; Toxicology ; Hamsters ; Laboratory animals ; Air pollution ; Reprints ; Pancreatopeptidase ; Air pollution effects(Animals) ; Lung function tests
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NTIS  PB82-248048 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Elastase-induced emhysema in hamsters was studied using pulmonary function tests in an effort to develop techniques for determining the effects of air pollutants on the progression of this disease. It appears that as little as 6 units of elastase produces mild emphysema in hamsters, which is detectable by pulmonary function testing. Of the tests, the DLCO and N2 slope were the most effective in detecting the degree of impairment.