Respiratory health effects of airborne particulate matter: The role of particle size, composition, and oxidative potential-the RAPTES project

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1183-1189

  Strak, Maciej ^a,b   Janssen, Nicole A H ^a   Godri, Krystal J ^c,d   Gosens, Ilse ^a   Mudway, Ian S ^c   Cassee, Flemming R ^a   Lebret, Erik ^a,b   Kelly, Frank J ^c   Harrison, Roy M ^d,e   Brunekreef, Bert ^b,f   Steenhof, Maaike ^b   Hoek, Gerard ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Experimental exposure; FENO; FEV1; FVC; Oxidative potential; Pm; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; SULFATE; TRACE METAL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 84864744512     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104389     Document Type: Article

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