Immunotoxicological effects of benzene inhalation in male Sprague-Dawley rats

Toxicology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-237

  Robinson, Simon N ^a,b   Shah, Rekha ^a   Wong, Brian A ^a   Wong, Victoria A ^a   Farris, Georgia M ^a  

^a CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; ELISA; Flow cytometry; Immunolabeling; Immunosuppression; Immunotoxicity

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMUR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SPLEEN; SPLEEN WEIGHT; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030904906     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(97)03621-4     Document Type: Article

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