Prenatal exposure of Balb/c mice to ochratoxin a: Effects on the immune system in the offspring

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 547-554

  Thuvander, A ^a   Breitholtz Emanuelsson, A ^b   Brabencova, D ^a   Gadhasson, I ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCHRATOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROGENY;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030176217     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-6915(96)00011-7     Document Type: Article

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