Studies on the lymphatic transport of titanium dioxide from the human lung
Einbrodt, H.J.; Liffers, R.
Archiv für Hygiene und Bakteriologie 152(1): 2-6
1968
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9144 PMID: 5707366 Document Number: 5803
In the human lung, only very small amounts of titanic oxide are carried by the lymphatic stream. Only about 5 percent of the totally retained TiO2 are transported into the lymphatic glands. The TiO2 concentration in the lymphatic glands is less than half so high as in the lungs. The lymphogenous elimination rate of TiO2 in the human lungs is apparently slightly higher than the elimination found in animal experiments (long exposition timel). There is a preferable, lymph transport to the right side. Moreover, the lymphatic transport of TiO2 must be assumed to be slow. - According to our examination, a purely segmentally arranged lymph transport is unlikely.
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