The humoral immune response of mice exposed to manual metal arc stainless steel-welding fumes

Journal of Immunotoxicology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-23

  Anderson, Stacey E ^a   Meade, B Jean ^a   Butterworth, Leon F ^a   Munson, Albert E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Humoral immune response; Immunosuppression; MMA SS welding fumes

Indexed keywords

FUMAGILLOL CHLOROACETYLCARBAMATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPH NODE CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; WELDING FUME;

MUS;

EID: 33847117222     PISSN: 1547691X     EISSN: 1547691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15476910601115119     Document Type: Article

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