Do nanoparticles interfere with human health?

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-23

  Brüske Hohlfeld, Irene ^a   Peters, Annette ^a   Wichmann, H Erich ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645021580     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.14.1.8     Document Type: Review

References (7)

1. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). 1997. IARC Monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans. Volume 68. Silica, some silicates, coal dust and para-aramid fibrils. Lyon: World Health Organization.
2. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). 1987. IARC Monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans. Supplement 7. Overall evaluations of carcinogenicity: An updating of IARC Monographs Volumes 1 to 42. Lyon: World Health Organization.
3. Wichmann, H.-E. et al. 2000. Daily mortality and fine and ultrafine particles in Erfurt, Germany part I: Role of particle number and particle mass. Research Report/Health Effects Institute. Nov. 98: 5-86.
4. Wiedensohler, A., B. Wehner, W. Birmili. 2002. Aerosol number concentrations and size distributions at mountain-rural, urban-influenced rural, and urban-background sites in Germany. Journal of Aerosol Medicine 15: 237-243.
5. Pekkanen, J. et al. 2002. Particulate air pollution and risk of ST-segment depression during repeated submaximal exercise tests among subjects with coronary heart disease: the exposure and risk assessment for fine and ultrafine particles in ambient air (ULTRA) study. Circulation 106: 933-938.
6. Peters, A., H.-E. Wichmann, T. Tuch, J. Heinrich, J. Heyder. 1997. Respiratory effects are associated with the number of ultrafine particles. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 155: 1376-1383.
7. Ibald-Mulli, A., H.-E. Wichmann, W. Kreyling, A. Peters. 2002. Epidemiological evidence on health effects of ultrafine particles. Journal of Aerosol Medicine 15: 189-201.