Current hypotheses on the mechanisms of toxicity of ultrafine particles

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 405-410

  Donaldson, Ken ^a   Stone, Vicki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; PM 10; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON; HYDROCARBON; METAL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMBUSTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MACROPHAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REVIEW; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

AIR POLLUTION; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PNEUMONIA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 1842586740     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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