Efficiency of automotive cabin air filters to reduce acute health effects of diesel exhaust in human subjects

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 222-231

  Rudell, B ^a,b   Wass, U ^c   Horstedt P ^a   Levin, J O ^d,e   Lindahl, R ^d   Rannug, U ^f   Sunesson, A L ^d   Ostberg Y ^a   Sandstrom T ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c VOLVO AERO CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diesel exhaust; Exposure chamber; Humans; Symptoms; Vehicle cabin air filters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMETRY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0032991569     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.4.222     Document Type: Article

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