Uranium induces TNFα secretion and MAPK activation in a rat alveolar macrophage cell line
✍ Scribed by Vincent Gazin; Saadia Kerdine; Gérard Grillon; Marc Pallardy; Hervé Raoul
- Book ID
- 113923173
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 431 KB
- Volume
- 194
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0041-008X
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