Effects of organochlorines, individually and in mixtures, on B-cell proliferation in marine mammals and mice

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 266-275

  Mori, Chiharu ^a,b   Morsey, Brenda ^a,c   Levin, Milton ^a   Gorton, Timothy S ^a   De Guise, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BLOOD RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIOXIN; MITOGENIC AGENT; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BELUGA WHALE; CARNIVORA; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DOLPHIN; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PILOT WHALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SPLEEN CELL; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CETACEA; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OTTERS; PINNIPEDIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 38949125938     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390701612860     Document Type: Article

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