Non-coplanar PCB-mediated modulation of human leukocyte phagocytosis: A new mechanism for immunotoxicity

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 68, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1977-1993

  Levin, Milton ^a   Morsey, Brenda ^a   Mori, Chiharu ^a   Nambiar, Prashant R ^b   De Guise, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LEUKOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 28844491332     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500227126     Document Type: Article

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