Effects of occupational chronic co-exposure to n-hexane, toluen, and methyl ethyl ketone on NK cell activity and some immunoregulatory cytokine levels in shoe workers

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 541-546

  Yucesoy B ^a   Yucel A ^b   Erdem, O ^b   Burgaz, S ^b   Imir, T ^b   Karakaya, A E ^b   Karakaya, A ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cytokine; MEK; n hexane; Natural killer cell activity; Toluen

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; ADHESIVE AGENT; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUE; HEXANE; HIPPURIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 2; TOLUENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE INDUSTRY; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BUTANONES; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEXANES; HIPPURATES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHOES; TOLUENE;

EID: 0344995229     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096032799678845115     Document Type: Article

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