Evidence of health impacts of sulfate- and nitrate-containing particles in ambient air

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 419-449

  Reiss, Richard ^a   Anderson, Elizabeth L ^a   Cross, Carroll E ^b   Hidy, George ^c   Hoel, David ^d   McClellan, Roger ^e   Moolgavkar, Suresh ^f  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Envair/Aerochem   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e Toxicology and Human Health Risk Analysis   (United States)

^f Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; SULFATE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW;

AEROSOLS; AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG; MORTALITY; NITRATES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESEARCH DESIGN; SULFATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33847651735     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370601174941     Document Type: Review

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