How does diesel exhaust impact asthma?

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-6

  Balmes, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; DIESEL ENGINE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC;

EID: 78650207590     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.145391     Document Type: Editorial

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