Thymic involution produced by diesel exhaust particles and their constituents in mice

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-124

  Tomita, Shuhei ^a   Maekawa, Shin Ichi ^a   Rahman, Mustafizur ^a   Saito, Fumi ^a   Kizu, Ryoichi ^b,e   Tohi, Keiko ^a   Ueno, Tomoo ^a   Nakase, Hiroshi ^a   Gonzalez, Frank J ^c   Hayakawa, Kazuichi ^b   Korenaga, Takashi ^a,d   Takahama, Yousuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e DOSHISHA WOMEN'S COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Diesel exhaust particle; Microsomal epoxide hydrolase; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Thymic involution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DIESEL ENGINES; GENES; IMMUNOLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOLVENTS;

ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DIESEL EXHAUST PARTICLES; MICROSOMAL EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; THYMIC INVOLUTION;

EXHAUST GASES;

CARBON; DISEASE; PAH; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EID: 33646772140     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240500475128     Document Type: Article

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