Diesel exhaust and asthma: Hypotheses and molecular mechanisms of action

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 103-112

  Pandya, Robert J ^a   Solomon, Gina ^a   Kinner, Amy ^a   Balmes, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Allergy; Asthma; Diesel exhaust; Immunology; Irritant; Particulate matter; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; DIESEL FUEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDIZING AGENT; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRWAY; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIESEL ENGINE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXHAUST GAS; GAS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MEDIATOR; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TH2 CELL; VAPOR;

ANIMALIA; BRONCHUS;

EID: 0036175013     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110s1103     Document Type: Article

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