Practical considerations for toxicologic pathology assessment of the immune system in rodents and nonhuman primates

Investigative Immunotoxicology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 229-246

  Pulido, Olga ^a   Caldwell, Don ^b   Kavanagh, Meghan ^a   Gill, Santokh ^a  

^a Centre for Biologics Research Sir Frederick G Banting Research Centre   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

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