Indicators of immunotoxicity in populations of cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) inhabiting an abandoned oil refinery

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-235

  McMurry, S T ^a   Lochmiller, R L ^a   McBee, K ^a   Qualls Jr , C W ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; HYDROCARBON;

HYDROCARBON; IMMUNITY; POLLUTION; REFINING INDUSTRY; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; OIL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION; RAT; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; GOSSYPIUM THURBERI; SIGMODON HISPIDUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032895870     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1998.1752     Document Type: Article

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