Proliferative response of peripheral blood lymphocytes and lymphocyte subpopulations in n-Hexane, toluen, and methyl ethyl ketone co-exposed workers

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-58

  Karakaya, Asuman ^a   Yücesoy, Berran ^a   Yücel, Ayşegül ^b   Erdem, Nurten ^c   Ateş, Ilker ^a   Sabir, Handan U ^c   Imir, Turgut ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Natl Inst Occup Safety and Hlth   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lymphocyte subpopulations; MEK; n Hexane; Proliferative response of lymphocytes; Toluen

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; ACETONYLACETONE; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HEXANE; HIPPURIC ACID; TOLUENE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0344500655     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1382-6689(99)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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