Immunotoxicity following pre- and post-natal aluminum exposure in rats

Toxicological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-58

  Khalaf, Abd El Azeim A ^a   Morgan, Ashraf M ^a   Mekawy, Money M ^a   Ali, Maged F ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aluminum chloride; Humoral and cell mediated immune response; Immunotoxicity; Liver; Rats; Spleen; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; RATTUS;

EID: 84857709554     PISSN: 19768257     EISSN: 22342753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5487/TR.2008.24.1.051     Document Type: Article

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