Toxicity and metal content of organic solvent extracts from airborne particulate matter in Puerto Rico

Environmental Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 314-325

  Molinelli, Alejandro R ^a,c   Santacana, Guido E ^a   Madden, Michael C ^b   Jiménez, Braulio D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Human cells; Organic extracts; Particulate matter; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ARSENIC; COPPER; HEXANE; NICKEL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; VANADIUM;

COASTAL ZONE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL POPULATION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GEOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RURAL AREA; SEASON; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; METALS; MUSCLE TONUS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUERTO RICO; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEASONS; TRACHEA;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 33750004630     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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