Cycling to work in London and inhaled dose of black carbon

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1091-1097

  Nwokoro, Chinedu ^a   Ewin, Clare ^a   Harrison, Clare ^a   Ibrahim, Mubin ^a   Dundas, Isobel ^a   Dickson, Iain ^a   Mushtaq, Naseem ^a   Grigg, Jonathan ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway macrophage carbon; Commuting; Cycling; Personal black carbon

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG EXAMINATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; BICYCLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; LONDON; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; SOOT; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868520987     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00195711     Document Type: Article

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