Changes in immunological and hematological parameters of female residents exposed to volatile organic compounds in the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 20-25

  Jeng, Hueiwang Anna ^c   Lee, I Long ^c   Gau, Yang Yen ^c   Yang, Ching Tzu ^c   Lin, Chitsan ^c   Hong, Yu Jue ^a,b  

^a Yuh Ing Junior College of Health Care and Management   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; HEMATOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WOMENS HEALTH;

AMBIENT AIR; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TAIWAN; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VOLATILIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLATELET COUNT; TAIWAN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 33847723995     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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