Are we understanding the respiratory effects of traffic related airborne particles?

Thorax

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 574-576

  Forastiere, Francesco ^a   Faustini, Annunziata ^a  

^a Rome E Health Authority   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 47049109455     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.096073     Document Type: Editorial

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