Immune function and host defense in rodents exposed to 60-Hz magnetic fields

Fundamental and Applied Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 228-239

  House, Robert V ^a   Ratajczak, Helen V ^a   Gauger, James R ^a   Johnson, Tim R ^a   Thomas, Peter T ^a   McCormick, David L ^a  

^a IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; SPLEEN WEIGHT; THYMUS;

EID: 26844492663     PISSN: 02720590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/faat.1996.0192     Document Type: Article

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