Seasonal variations in chemical composition and in vitro biological effects of fine PM from Milan

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1368-1377

  Perrone, Maria Grazia ^a   Gualtieri, Maurizio ^a   Ferrero, Luca ^a   Porto, Claudia Lo ^a   Udisti, Roberto ^b   Bolzacchini, Ezio ^a   Camatini, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Cytotoxicity; Health effects; PM1; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CYTOTOXICITY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL TESTING;

BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; HEALTH EFFECTS; MULTIVARIATE DATA ANALYSIS; PM2.5;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DNA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; ION; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFATE; ZINC;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYTOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL ASSAY; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAVIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; ITALY; LUNG CARCINOMA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY];

EID: 76749100099     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.12.071     Document Type: Article

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