The surface reactivity and implied toxicity of ash produced from sugarcane burning

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 503-516

  Le Blond, Jennifer S ^a,b   Tomatis, Maura ^c   Horwell, Claire J ^d   Dunster, Christina ^e   Murphy, Fiona ^f   Corazzari, Ingrid ^c   Grendene, Francesca ^c   Turci, Francesco ^c   Gazzano, Elena ^c   Ghigo, Dario ^c   Williamson, Ben J ^g   Oppenheimer, Clive ^a,h,i   Fubini, Bice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^h Le Studium   (France)

ⁱ UMR 7327   (France)

Author keywords

Health hazard; Particulate; Sugarcane ash; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BAGASSE; BIOHAZARDS; BLOOD; CYTOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARDS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; CARBON-CENTERED RADICALS; CELLULAR TOXICITIES; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PARTICULATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

TOXICITY;

ANTIOXIDANT; BAGASSE; FREE RADICAL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ASH; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS BURNING; COMBUSTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RODENT; SILICA; SUGAR CANE; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; ASH; BAGASSE ASH; BURN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY ASSAY; ENZYME RELEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; INHALATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUGARCANE; SUGARCANE ASH; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

MURINAE;

HEALTH HAZARD; PARTICULATE; SUGARCANE ASH; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CELLS, CULTURED; CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ERYTHROCYTES; FIRES; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; SACCHARUM; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84897957647     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.21776     Document Type: Article

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