Controlled human exposures to diesel exhaust

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Ghio, Andrew J ^a   Sobus, Jon R ^a   Pleil, Joachim D ^a   Madden, Michael C ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Oxidants; Particulate matter; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EXPOSURE; LUNG; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84863434964     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13597     Document Type: Review

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