Air pollution as a potential contributor to the 'epidemic' of autoimmune disease

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-117

  Ritz, Stacey A ^a  

^a NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 70450240796     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.07.033     Document Type: Article

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