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1 exposed to 0.15, 0.94, or 4.1 mg DPM/m 3 were sacrificed at 1 day and 1, 5, 15, 33, and 52 weeks<br />

2 after exposure, and DPM was extracted from lung tissue dissolved in tetramethylammonium<br />

3 hydroxide. Following centrifugation and washing of the supernatant, DPM content of the tissue<br />

4 was quantitated using spectrophotometric techniques. The analytical procedure was verified by<br />

5 comparing results to recovery studies using known amounts of DPM with lungs of unexposed<br />

6 rats. Long-term retention <strong>for</strong> the 0.15 and 0.94 mg/m 3 groups had estimated half-times of 87 ±<br />

7 28 and 99 ± 8 days, respectively. The retention t 112 <strong>for</strong> the 4.1-mg/m 3 exposure group was 165 ±<br />

· 8 8 days, which was significantly (p

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