Dietary β-carotene and ultraviolet-induced immunosuppression

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-60

  Noonan, F P ^c   Webber, L J ^c   De Fabo, E C ^c   Hoffman, H A ^c   Bendich, A ^a   Mathews Roth, M ^b  

^a HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact hypersensitivity; Immunosuppression; Ultraviolet B; carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CHLOROTRINITROBENZENE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCANIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0029671120     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.905595.x     Document Type: Article

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