Break down of Asian dust particle on wet surface and their possibilities of cause of respiratory health effects

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1187-1190

  Yamaguchi, Nobuyasu ^a   Sakotani, Akiko ^b   Ichijo, Tomoaki ^a   Kenzaka, Takehiko ^b   Tani, Katsuji ^b   Baba, Takashi ^a   Nasu, Masao ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA OHTANI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian dust; Health effect; Particle size; Scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X ray

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; INORGANIC SALT; SODIUM;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY MASS; DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; JAPAN; NOSE MUCOSA; PARTICULATE MATTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WETTABILITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASIA; DUST; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; WATER;

EID: 84863543625     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: 13475215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b12-00085     Document Type: Article

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