Environmental Pollutants: Effects on the Immune System and Resistance to Infectious Disease
- 1 September 1981
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 31 (8) , 582-586
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1308220
Abstract
The immune system is a complex of interrelated reactions, which protects animals from invasion by foreign substances. Many environmental substances, such as metals, organic pesticides, and gaseous pollutants, perturb the immune response and increase susceptibility to infectious disease.Keywords
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