Subclinical responses in healthy cyclists briefly exposed to traffic-related air pollution: An intervention study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Jacobs, Lotte ^a   Nawrot, Tim S ^a,b   De Geus, Bas ^c   Meeusen, Romain ^c   Degraeuwe, Bart ^d   Bernard, Alfred ^e   Sughis, Muhammad ^a   Nemery, Benoit ^a   Panis, Luc Int ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARA CELL PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITRIC OXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMARKER; CELL ORGANELLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXHAUST EMISSION; HEALTH RISK; NITRIC OXIDE; SERUM; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; TRAFFIC; AIR POLLUTANT; BELGIUM; BICYCLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; EXHALATION; EXHAUST GAS; EXPOSURE; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; THROMBOCYTE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BELGIUM; BICYCLING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PLATELETS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; NITRIC OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 77958121233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-64     Document Type: Article

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