Ultrafine particle - Lung interactions: Does size matter?

Journal of Aerosol Medicine: Deposition, Clearance, and Effects in the Lung

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-83

  Kreyling, Wolfgang G ^a   Semmler Behnke, Manuela ^a   Möller, Winfried ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clearance; Deposition; Particle dosimetry; Systemic translocation; Ultrafine particles; Uptake in secondary target organs

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; TARGET ORGAN; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXICOLOGY;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BRONCHI; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; PARTICLE SIZE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRACHEA;

EID: 33645467769     PISSN: 08942684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jam.2006.19.74     Document Type: Review

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