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Table 1 Incidence of bronchiolo-alveolar cell hyperplasia in rats sacrificed at week 52

From: Comparative carcinogenicity study of a thick, straight-type and a thin, tangled-type multi-walled carbon nanotube administered by intra-tracheal instillation in the rat

Treatment

Group

Number of rats examined

Number of rats with bronchiolo-alveolar

hyperplasia

Vehicle

5

0

MWCNT-A (0.5 mg)

5

3

MWCNT-A (1.0 mg)

5

5**

MWCNT-B (0.5 mg)

5

5**

MWCNT-B (1.0 mg)

5

5**

Crocidolite

5

5**

  1. ** p < 0.01