Exposure to urban pollutants and serum levels of IgG anti herpes simplex virus type 1

Industrial Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 408-414

  Tomei, Francesco ^a   Rosati, Maria Valeria ^a   Baccolo, Tiziana Paola ^a   Gaballo, Monica ^a   Ciarrocca, Manuela ^a   Tomao, Enrico ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ITAF   (Italy)

Author keywords

Herpes Simplex Virus (Type 1); Outdoor activity; Psychosocial Stressors; Traffic policemen; Urban pollutants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; POLLUTANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 7944221302     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.42.408     Document Type: Article

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