Health effects of sulfur-related environmental air pollution: The pulmonary surfactant system is not disturbed by exposure to acidic sulfate and neutral sulfite aerosols

Journal of Aerosol Medicine: Deposition, Clearance, and Effects in the Lung

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-44

  Griese, Matthias ^a   Winzinger, G ^a   Schams, A ^a   Josten, M ^b   Ziesenis, A ^b   Maier, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Phospholipids; Pulsating bubble surfactometer; Surface area cycling; Surface tension; Surfactant protein B

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFATE; SULFITE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; LIPID COMPOSITION; LUNG LAVAGE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0032976646     PISSN: 08942684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jam.1999.12.37     Document Type: Article

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