Ecotoxicological risks associated with land treatment of petrochemical wastes. III. Immune function and hematology of cotton rats

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-363

  Wilson, James A ^a   Carlson, Ruth I ^a   Janz, David M ^a,b   Lochmiller, Robert L ^a   Schroder, Jackie L ^a   Basta, Nicholas T ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POKEWEED MITOGEN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; MAMMAL; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGMODON HISPIDUS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; SPLEEN SIZE; STANDARD; SUMMER; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WILDLIFE; WINTER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEMATOCRIT; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KILLER CELLS, LYMPHOKINE-ACTIVATED; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; OKLAHOMA; PETROLEUM; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; SIGMODONTINAE; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MAMMALIA; PHYTOLACCACEAE; RODENTIA; SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 0037470297     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390306367     Document Type: Article

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