Exposures of healthy and asthmatic volunteers to concentrated ambient ultrafine particles in Los Angeles

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 533-545

  Gong Jr , Henry ^a,b   Linn, William S ^a,b,g   Clark, Kenneth W ^b   Anderson, Karen R ^b   Sioutas, Constantinos ^c   Alexis, Neil E ^d   Cascio, Wayne E ^e   Devlin, Robert B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Amigos Research and Education Institute   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^g Environmental Health Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKER; NANOPARTICLE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AIR; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MASS; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RECORDING; REST; SPUTUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM;

EID: 42649145075     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370801911340     Document Type: Article

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