Immunotoxicity of environmentally relevant concentrations of butyltins on human natural killer cells in vitro

Environmental Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 108-116

  Whalen, Margaret M ^a,c   Loganathan, Bommanna G ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^b  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Butyltins; Human; Immunotoxicity; NK cells

Indexed keywords

BUTYLTIN; DIBUTYLTIN; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL; WILDLIFE;

EID: 0032867025     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1999.3968     Document Type: Article

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