Immunological effects of occupational exposure to lead (Review)
- Authors:
- Concettina Fenga
- Silvia Gangemi
- Valentina Di Salvatore
- Luca Falzone
- Massimo Libra
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Affiliations: Department of Biomedical, Odontoiatric, Morphological and Functional Images, Section of Occupational Medicine, ‘Policlinico G. Martino’ Hospital, University of Messina, I-98125 Messina, Italy, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Laboratory of Translational Oncology and Functional Genomics, Section of General and Clinical Pathology and Oncology, University of Catania, I-95124 Catania, Italy - Published online on: March 24, 2017 https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.6381
- Pages: 3355-3360
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