Target organs and systems: Methodologies to assess immune system function

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 533-540

  Karol, Meryl H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Cytokines; Host resistance; Hypersensitivity; Immune suppression; Immune system; Immunoglobulins; Immunotoxicity; Lymphocytes; Validation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TARGET ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031831146     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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