Humoral Immune System Alterations in Silica Exposed Workers

"nBackground: Crystalline silica may act as an immune adjuvant to increase inflammation and antibody production. The high­est exposures to silica are known to occur in the dusty trades industries such as stone- cutting. We undertook this popula­tion based study to ex...

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Main Authors: O Aminian, SA Sharifian, R Mehrdad, H Kaht Narooey, O Giahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2008-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/11890.pdf&manuscript_id=11890