Lymphocyte Subsets and Sister-chromatid Exchanges in the Students Exposed to Formaldehyde Vapor

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 88-94

  Ying, Chen Jiang ^a   Ye, Xiao Lei ^b   Xie, Hong ^a   Yan, Wen Sheng ^a   Zhao, Mei Ying ^a   Xia, Tong ^a   Yin, Shu Yi ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ADULT; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 0033143234     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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