Serum IgE elevation correlates with blood lead levels in battery manufacturing workers

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 209-213

  Heo, Y ^a   Lee, B K ^b   Ahn, K D ^b   Lawrence, David A ^c  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Battery workers; Cytokine; IgE; Serum

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; LEAD;

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFECTION; KOREA; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INDUSTRY; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 3042592847     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0960327104ht442oa     Document Type: Article

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