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Toxicity of Lunar and Martian Dust Simulants to Alveolar Macrophages Isolated from Human Volunteers

Judith N. Latch Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas; Johnson Space Center Toxicology Group and Wyle, SF-23, Houston, TX, 77058, USA
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Raymond F. Hamilton Jr. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas; 280B Skaggs Building, Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812, USA
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Andrij Holian Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas; 280B Skaggs Building, Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812, USA
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John T. James Johnson Space Center Toxicology Group, Space Life Sciences, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
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Chiu-wing Lam Johnson Space Center Toxicology Group, Space Life Sciences, and Wyle, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Pages 157-165 | Received 16 Aug 2007, Accepted 25 Sep 2007, Published online: 06 Oct 2008

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