Alterations in immune parameters in foundry and pottery workers

Toxicology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-88

  Başaran, Nurşen ^a   Shubair, Mohammed ^b   Ündeǧer, Ülkü ^a   Canpinar, Hande ^a   Kars, Ayşe ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Cellular immunity; Humoral immunity; Natural killer cells; Silica

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FOUNDRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SUPPRESSOR CELL; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CERAMICS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INDUSTRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SMOKING;

EID: 0037009217     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(02)00187-7     Document Type: Article

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