Airborne particulate metals in the New York City subway: A pilot study to assess the potential for health impacts

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Grass, David S ^a   Ross, James M ^a   Family, Farnosh ^a   Barbour, Jonathan ^a   James Simpson, H ^a   Coulibaly, Drissa ^b   Hernandez, Jennifer ^b   Chen, Yingdi ^b   Slavkovich, Vesna ^b   Li, Yongliang ^b   Graziano, Joseph ^b   Santella, Regina M ^b   Brandt Rauf, Paul ^b   Chillrud, Steven N ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Chromium; Manganese; PM2.5; Subway

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHROMIUM; DNA; IRON; ISOPROSTANE; MANGANESE; METAL; STEEL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DNA DAMAGE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PILOT PROJECTS; RAILROADS; STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WORKPLACE;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71249153225     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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