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Table 3 Animal characteristics in included studies

From: Exposure to silicates and systemic autoimmune-related outcomes in rodents: a systematic review

Animal characteristics

  
 

Asbestos (N = 11)

Silica (N = 23)

Animal species and strain

  

 Mouse

9

20

  C57BL/6

9 (36–38, 41, 42, 44–46, 67)

5 (54, 55, 62, 63, 68)

  NZM 2410

0

4 (21, 47, 49, 50)

  NZWB/F1

0

9 (55, 56, 58, 60, 61, 65, 66, 69)

  BXSB

0

2 (62, 68)

  Other

0

5 (48, 56, 57, 59, 62)

 Rat

2

3

  Lewis

2 (40, 52)

0

  Brown Norway

0

2 (51, 52)

  Sprague–Dawley

0

1 (53)

  Other

0

0

 Other

0

0

Sex

  

 Female

6

14

 Male

0

1

 Both

3

7

 Not specified

2

2

  1. Values are presented as numbers
  2. Number of studies per species and sex are indicated in Bold. The Number of studies per strain are italics. The specific studies are included in superscript