Late effects of the Chernobyl radiation accident on T cell-mediated immunity in cleanup workers

Radiation Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-116

  Kuzmenok, Oleg ^a,c   Potapnev, Michail ^b   Potapova, Svetlana ^c   Smolnikova, Victoria ^c   Rzheutsky, Valeriy ^d   Yarilin, Alexandr A ^e   Savino, Wilson ^a   Belyakov, Igor M ^f  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Belarusian Research Center for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology   (Belarus)

^c Belarussian Res Inst of Hematol   (Belarus)

^d National Dispensary of Radiation Medicine   (Belarus)

^e INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANTIGENS, CD; BYELARUS; DNA REPLICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS; UKRAINE;

PHYTOLACCACEAE;

EID: 0037227546     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2003)159[0109:LEOTCR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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