Decreased immune response in zebra finches exposed to sublethal doses of mercury

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 327-336

  Lewis, Catherine A ^a   Cristol, Daniel A ^a   Swaddle, John P ^a   Varian Ramos, Claire W ^a   Zwollo, Patty ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MERCURY; MITOGENIC AGENT;

BLOOD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INHIBITION; INSECTIVORE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PATHOGEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SONGBIRD; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN TISSUE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FINCHES; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MERCURY;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84873703918     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-012-9830-z     Document Type: Article

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