Immune function of cryopreserved avian peripheral white blood cells: Potential biomarkers of contaminant effects in wild birds

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 502-509

  Finkelstein, M ^a   Grasman, K A ^b   Croll, D A ^a   Tershy, B ^a   Smith, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CONCANAVALIN A; DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE;

BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; IMMUNE RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHICKEN; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FOWL; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRDS; CHICKENS; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; IMMUNOASSAY; LEUKOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FULICA; FULICA AMERICANA; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; RALLIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037403488     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-002-2075-5     Document Type: Article

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