Geno- and immunotoxic effects on populations living near a mine: A case study of panasqueira mine in portugal

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

Volumn 74, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 1076-1086

  Coelho, Patricia Clara Dos Santos ^a,c   Garcia Leston, Julia ^b   Silva, Susana Pinho E ^a   Da Costa, Carla Sofia Trindade ^a,c   Da Costa, Solange Cristina Bastos ^a,c   Coelho, Marta Isabel Correia ^a   Laffon Lage, Blanca ^b   Mendez, Eduardo Pasaro ^b   Teixeira, Joao Paulo Fernandes ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c Institute of Agricultural and Agri foodstuffs Sciences and Technologies   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MINE TAILINGS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PORTUGAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

LONCHOCARPUS GLAUCIFOLIUS;

EID: 79961049737     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2011.582314     Document Type: Article

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