Cytokines and other immunological biomarkers in children's environmental health studies

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 48-59

  Duramad, Paurene ^a,b   Tager, Ira B ^a   Holland, Nina T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Biomarkers; Environmental exposures; Health outcomes; Immune system; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; PESTICIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CYTOKINES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TOXICOLOGY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 34547146978     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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