Comparison of oxidative properties, light absorbance, and total and elemental mass concentration of ambient PM2.5 collected at 20 European sites

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 684-690

  Künzli, Nino ^a,b,l,n   Mudway, Ian S ^c   Götschi, Thomas ^a,b,n   Shi, Tingming ^d,e   Kelly, Frank J ^c   Cook, Sarah ^c   Burney, Peter ^a,c,n   Forsberg, Bertil ^a,f,n   Gauderman, James W ^b   Hazenkamp, Marianne E ^a,g,n   Heinrich, Joachim ^a,h,n   Jarvis, Deborah ^a,c,n   Norbäck, Dan ^a,i,n   Payo Losa, Felix ^a,j,n   Poli, Albino ^a,k,n   Sunyer, Jordi ^a,l,n   Borm, Paul J A ^d,m  

^a European Community Respiratory Health Survey   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^l INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^m ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

ⁿ Working Group Air Pollution   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Air pollution; Antioxidant depletion; Ascorbate; Black smoke; Elemental analysis; Fine particle; Glutathione; Hydroxy redical formation; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxidant species; Reflectance

Indexed keywords

5,5 DIMETHYL 1 PYRROLINE 1 OXIDE; ANTIOXIDANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAVIMETRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SAMPLING; SPIN TRAPPING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; LIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646340918     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8584     Document Type: Article

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