Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution and immune status among women in the Seattle area

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 155-165

  Williams, Lori ^a   Ulrich, Cornelia M ^a,b   Larson, Timothy ^c   Wener, Mark H ^d   Wood, Brent ^a   Chen Levy, Zehava ^a   Campbell, Peter T ^b,e   Potter, John ^a,b   McTiernan, Anne ^a,b,d   De Roos, Anneclaire J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; immune function; inflammation; particulate matter

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80051558821     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2010.539636     Document Type: Article

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