Immunomodulatory effects of the fungicide Mancozeb in agricultural workers

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 178-185

  Corsini, Emanuela ^a   Birindelli, Sarah ^b   Fustinoni, Silvia ^c   De Paschale, Gioia ^d   Mammone, Teresa ^b   Visentin, Sara ^b   Galli, Corrado L ^a   Marinovich, Marina ^a   Colosio, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b International Centre for Pesticides and Health Risk Prevention   (Italy)

^c Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento ^*  (Italy)

^d UOPL of Pavia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Biological monitoring; CD19; CD25; Fungicide; Immunotoxicology; Mancozeb; Proliferative response; TNF

Indexed keywords

2 IMIDAZOLIDINETHIONE; AUTOANTIBODY; CD19 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT; CYTOKINE; FUNGICIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; IONOMYCIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MANCOZEB; MITOGENIC AGENT; N,N' ETHYLENEBIS(DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID) DERIVATIVE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; UREA DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMETER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; VINEYARD;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CARCINOGENS; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHYLENETHIOUREA; FEMALE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MANEB; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ZINEB;

EID: 25444506363     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2005.02.011     Document Type: Article

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