Immunotoxicology: A brief history, current status and strategies for future immunotoxicity assessment

Affiliations

¹ Toxicology Branch, Division of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC.
² Cardiopulmonary and Immunotoxicology Branch, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC.
³ Office of Health Assessment and Translation, Division of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC.
⁴ Centre for Health Protection, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Toxicogenomics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Dori Germolec et al. Curr Opin Toxicol. 2017 Aug.

. 2017 Aug:5:55-59.

doi: 10.1016/j.cotox.2017.08.002.

¹ Toxicology Branch, Division of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC.
² Cardiopulmonary and Immunotoxicology Branch, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC.
³ Office of Health Assessment and Translation, Division of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC.
⁴ Centre for Health Protection, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Toxicogenomics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

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