Immunological markers among workers exposed to 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 742-749

  Halperin, William ^a   Vogt, Robert ^b   Sweeney, Marie Haring ^a   Shopp, George ^c   Fingerhut, Marilyn ^a   Petersen, Martin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Immunotoxicity

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ANTIGEN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MITOGENIC AGENT;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

PHYTOLACCACEAE;

EID: 0031754359     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.11.742     Document Type: Article

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