Diesel exhaust particles

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 241-244

  Wichmann, H E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CARBON; METAL; NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFATE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AIR POLLUTANT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGENICITY; ASTHMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIESEL ENGINE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; MORBIDITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; WORKER;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 34548863694     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370701498075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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