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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Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2008-09-01
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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 |