Endocrine and immunological parameters in individuals involved in Prestige spill cleanup tasks seven years after the exposure

Environment International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-111

  Laffon, Blanca ^a   Aguilera, Francisco ^a,b   Ríos Vázquez, Julia ^a   García Lestón, Julia ^a   Fuchs, Dietmar ^c   Valdiglesias, Vanessa ^a   Pásaro, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Circulating cytokines; Endocrine toxicity; Lymphocyte subsets; Neopterin; Prestige oil spill; Tryptophan degradation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CORTISOL; CRUDE OIL; GLYCOPROTEINS; OIL SPILLS; OIL TANKERS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

CLEAN-UP ACTIVITIES; CYTOKINES; IMMUNOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYSTEM; NEOPTERIN; PLASMA CONCENTRATION; PRESTIGE OIL SPILL; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES;

T-CELLS;

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; KYNURENINE; NEOPTERIN; PROLACTIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BLOOD; CLEANUP; COASTAL ZONE; DEGRADATION; DETECTION METHOD; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNE SYSTEM; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLEANING; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASK; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SEASHORE; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

EID: 84879443900     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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