Polymorphonuclear phagocytosis and killing in workers occupationally exposed to hexachlorobenzene

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 447-454

  Queiroz, Mary L S ^a   Quadros, Marlene R ^b   Valadares, Marize C ^b   Silveira, Josiane P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GLUTATHIONE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKER;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS;

EID: 0031665627     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923979809034826     Document Type: Article

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