Environmental toxicants in developing countries

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages 599-602

  Ostrosky Wegman, Patricia ^a   Gonsebatt, Maria E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chromosomal aberrations; Environmental toxicology; Human monitoring; Lymphocyte proliferation; Lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AGRICULTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALNUTRITION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0029889352     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s3599     Document Type: Conference Paper

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