Diesel exhaust: current knowledge of adverse effects and underlying cellular mechanisms

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1541-1553

  Steiner, Sandro ^a   Bisig, Christoph ^a   Petri Fink, Alke ^a   Rothen Rutishauser, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Diesel engines; Diesel particles; Lung cells; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; LUNG TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; URBAN AREA; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84966549738     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-016-1736-5     Document Type: Review

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