Effects of inhalation exposure to a binary mixture of benzene and toluene on vitamin A status and humoral and cell-mediated immunity in wild and captive American kestrels

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

Volumn 71, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1100-1108

  Olsgard, Mandy L ^a   Bortolotti, Gary R ^b   Trask, Brenda R ^a   Smits, Judit E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; RETINOL PALMITATE; TOLUENE; RETINOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; EXPOSURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD ANIMAL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER; METABOLISM;

AVES; FALCO SPARVERIUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BENZENE; BIRDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LIVER; MALE; TOLUENE; VITAMIN A;

EID: 46749133103     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390802114600     Document Type: Article

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