The screening of river water for immunotoxicity using an in vitro whole blood culture assay

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 200, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 25-31

  Pool, Edmund J ^a   Magcwebeba, Tandeka U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Immunotoxicity; Inflammation; Interferon gamma; Interleukin 10; Interleukin 6

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINES; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-6;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEALTH RISKS; PATHOLOGY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; RIVER WATER;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMMUNOASSAY; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; TOXICITY TEST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIVER; SEA POLLUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EERSTE RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 67349145290     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9890-x     Document Type: Article

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