Decreases of natural killer cells and T-lymphocyte subpopulations and increases of B lymphocytes following a 5-day occupational exposure to mixed organic solvents

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 443-448

  Tanigawa, Takeshi ^a,d   Araki, Shunichi ^a,e   Nakata, Akinori ^a,e   Yokoyama, Kazuhito ^a   Sakai, Tadashi ^b   Sakurai, Susumu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Flow cytometry; Mixed organic solvents; Natural killer cells; T lymphocytes; Toluene

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; ORGANIC SOLVENT; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLVENTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS; TOLUENE;

EID: 0035656638     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890109604480     Document Type: Article

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