Associations of Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) 4.4 and Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) 4.4 Blood Levels with Plasma IL-4

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 541-547

  Daniel, Volker ^a   Huber, Wolfgang ^b   Bauer, Klausdieter ^c   Suesal, Caner ^a   Conradt, Christian ^a   Opelz, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Private Practice Oncology   (Germany)

^c Laboratory PD Dr K Bauer   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Ddd 4.4; Dde 4.4; Ddt 4.4; Interleukin 4; Lymphocyte function; Lymphocytes; Neopterin

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INSECTICIDE; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; LINDANE; MITOGENIC AGENT; NEOPTERIN; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SOLUBLE CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOKINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CYTOKINES; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; INTERLEUKIN-4; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, IMMUNOLOGIC; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 0036877703     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890209602086     Document Type: Article

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