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. 2017 Oct 18;60(1):10–30. doi: 10.1539/joh.17-0102-RA

Table 2.

Incidence of lung carcinoma and lung burden in rats exposed to MWNT-7 for 104 weeks

Concentration(mg/m3) Lung carcinoma incidence (%) Lung burden
Amount of MWNT-7 (µg/g of bw) Number of MWNT-7 (No/lung)
Male Female Male Female Male Female
Number of MWNT-7: 1µg=9.03×106 (calculated by SEM)
Significant difference; *: p≦0.05 ** : p≦0.01 by Fisher Exact test
0 2 0 - - - -
0.02 2 2 0.029±0.008 0.034±0.008 0.89×109 0.07×109
0.2 16* 0 0.434±0.056 0.453±0.056 1.38×109 1.07×109
2 22** 16** 4.954±0.420 4.712±0.201 16.2×109 10.8×109