Autoimmunity and risk assessment

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 5, 1999, Pages 679-680

  Luster, Michael I ^a   Simeonova, Petia P ^a   Gallucci, Randy ^a   Matheson, Joanna ^a  

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

Author keywords

Autoimmunity tests; Immunotoxicology evaluation; Immunotoxicology methods; Risk assessment; Xenobiotic induced autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL MODEL; AUTOIMMUNITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032702787     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107s5679     Document Type: Short Survey

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