Evaluating potential response-modifying factors for associations between ozone and health outcomes: A weight-of-evidence approach

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1166-1176

  Vinikoor Imler, Lisa C ^a   Owens, Elizabeth O ^a   Nichols, Jennifer L ^b   Ross, Mary ^a   Brown, James S ^a   Sacks, Jason D ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR2; EXCISION REPAIR CROSS COMPLEMENTATION GROUP 6; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; GELATINASE B; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE P1; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HERMES ANTIGEN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTER ALPHA TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 6; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; NUCLEAR FACTOR OF KAPPA LIGHT POLYPEPTIDE GENE ENHANCER IN B CELLS 1; OZONE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR POLLUTANT; ASTHMA; DIET; DRUG EXPOSURE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PARAMETERS; POTENTIAL RESPONSE MODIFYING FACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE;

EID: 84926300860     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1307541     Document Type: Review

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