Cytotoxicity of nitroaromatic explosives and their biodegradation products in mice splenocytes: Implications for their immunotoxicity

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 519-525

  Miliukiene, Vale ^a   Čenas, Narimantas ^a  

^a Institute of Biochemistry   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Immunotoxicity; Nitroaromatic explosives; Oxidative stress; Splenocytes

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 51649108306     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2008-7-809     Document Type: Article

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