How can ultrafine particles be responsible for increased mortality?

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-139

  MacNee, W ^a,c   Donaldson, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Respiratory Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Nuclear factor kB; Oxidative stress; Particles with a 50 cut off aerodynamic diameter of 10 m.

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS, BRONCHI AND PLEURA; MORTALITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW;

EID: 0034065174     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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