Sensitivity of wild cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) to the immunotoxic effects of low-level arsenic exposure

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 289-296

  Savabieasfahani, M ^a   Lochmiller, R L ^a   Rafferty, D P ^a   Sinclair, J A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONCANAVALIN A; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POKEWEED MITOGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RAT; SPLEEN CELL; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; IMMUNOTOXINS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; SIGMODONTINAE;

ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; GOSSYPIUM THURBERI; PHYTOLACCACEAE; RODENTIA; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 0031917669     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900320     Document Type: Article

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