Changes in t cell subpopulations in lead workers

Environmental Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-64

  Sata, Fumihiro ^a   Araki, Shunichi ^a   Tanigawa, Takeshi ^a   Morita, Yoko ^a   Sakurai, Susumu ^a   Nakata, Akinori ^a   Katsuno, Naochika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD45RO antigen; Lead; Lymphocyte subpopulations; Memory T cells; T cell differentiation

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; KILLER CELL; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CELL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0031930616     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1997.3790     Document Type: Article

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