Effects of pesticide exposure on the human immune system

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 671-680

  Corsini, E ^a,e   Liesivuori, J ^b   Vergieva, T ^c   Van Loveren, H ^d   Colosio, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c National Centre for Hygiene Medical Ecology and Nutrition   (Bulgaria)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e Faculty of Pharmacy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immune system; Immunotoxicity; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALDICARB; ATRAZINE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; LINDANE; MALATHION; MANCOZEB; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRIPHENYLTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ZIRAM;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 57449118545     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327108094509     Document Type: Review

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