Particulate matter in the environment: Pulmonary and cardiovascular effects

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-106

  Alfaro Moreno, Ernesto ^a,b   Nawrot, Tim S ^a   Nemmar, Abderrahim ^a,c   Nemery, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Basic Research   (Mexico)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular effects; PM10; PM2.5; Pulmonary effects; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CARBON; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLELE; ALLERGY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; MACROPHAGE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 33846585546     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328013f47e     Document Type: Review

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