Evaluation of immunotoxicity induced by diazinon in C57bl/6 mice

Toxicology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-179

  Neishabouri, E Zabihi ^a   Hassan, Z M ^b   Azizi, E ^a   Ostad, S N ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diazinon; Humoral and cellular immunosuppression; Immunotoxicity

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHOLINESTERASE; DIMPYLATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MARROW; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1242315421     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2003.08.012     Document Type: Article

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