An investigation of effects of toluene and cigarette smoking on some blood parameters and lymphocyte life span

Cell Biology and Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-40

  Akbas E ^a,b   Derici, E ^a   Soylemez F ^a   Kanik, A ^b   Polat, F ^c  

^a Dept of Med Biology and Genetics ^*  (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Lymphocyte count; Lymphocyte life span; Mitotic index; Toluene

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; TOLUENE;

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TOXICITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS INDEX; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADHESIVES; ADULT; BLOOD; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MITOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOLUENE;

EID: 1842761751     PISSN: 07422091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CBTO.0000021150.64840.6b     Document Type: Article

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