Immune function in n-hexane-exposed workers

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 837, Issue , 1997, Pages 122-125

  Karakaya, A ^a   Yucesoy B ^a   Burgaz, S ^b   Karakaya, A E ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXANE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; THYMUS ATROPHY; WORKER;

EID: 0031587536     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb56869.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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