Aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated activity of particulate organic matter from the Paso del Norte airshed along the U.S.-Mexico border

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1299-1305

  Arrieta, Daniel E ^a   Ontiveros, Cynthia C ^a   Li, Wen Whai ^b   Garcia, Jose H ^b   Denison, Michael S ^c   McDonald, Jacob D ^d   Burchiel, Scott W ^e   Washburn, Barbara Shayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomarkers; El Paso; Particulate matter; PM; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); U.S. Mexico border

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; LUCIFERASE; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FILTER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042975421     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6058     Document Type: Article

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