Effect of formaldehyde gas exposure in a murine allergic contact hypersensitivity model

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 163-175

  Fujii, Kazuyasu ^a   Tsuji, Kazuhide ^a   Matsuura, Hironori ^a   Okazaki, Fusako ^a   Takahashi, Sachiko ^a   Arata, Jirô ^a   Iwatsuki, Keiji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact hypersensitivity; Formaldehyde gas exposure; Sick building syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FORMALDEHYDE; PICRYL CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GAS; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH2 CELL;

EID: 15244351023     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/IPH-51768     Document Type: Article

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