Immunological alterations in individuals exposed to metal(loid)s in the Panasqueira mining area, Central Portugal

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 475, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-7

  Coelho, Patrícia ^a   García Lestón, Julia ^b   Costa, Solange ^a   Costa, Carla ^a,c   Silva, Susana ^a   Fuchs, Dietmar ^d   Geisler, Simon ^d   Dall'Armi, Valentina ^e   Zoffoli, Roberto ^e   Bonassi, Stefano ^e   Pásaro, Eduardo ^b   Laffon, Blanca ^b   Teixeira, João Paulo ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunotoxicity; Lymphocytes subsets; Metals; Mining activities; Neopterin; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BLOOD; LEAD; METALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; IMMUNOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MINING ACTIVITIES; NATURAL KILLER CELLS; NEOPTERIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

T-CELLS;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; KYNURENINE; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METALLOID; MOLYBDENUM; NEOPTERIN; NITRITE; TRYPTOPHAN; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; METAL; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASMA; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD16+ CD56+ NATURAL KILLER CELL; CD19+ B LYMPHOCYTE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOTOXICITY; KYNURENINE TRYPTOPHAN RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; NAIL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASMA; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FARO [PORTUGAL]; PANASQUEIRA; PORTUGAL;

IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTES SUBSETS; METALS; MINING ACTIVITIES; NEOPTERIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; METALLOIDS; METALS; MINING; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84892163685     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.093     Document Type: Article

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