Immune response prevalence to formaldehyde-hum serum albumin molecular adduct in a healthy population

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 215-218

  Carraro, Elisabetta ^a,b   Gasparini, Silvia ^a   Petrini, Tiziana ^a   Oitana, Paolo ^a   Gilli, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Dept of Hyg and Community Medicine ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Displacement assay; Exposure biomarker; F HSA adduct; Formaldehyde

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FORMALDEHYDE; HAPTEN; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; BINDING AFFINITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODY FORMATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; REFERENCE VALUES; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SMOKING;

EID: 0030866221     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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