Chemical and organic characteristics of PM2.5 particles and their in-vitro cytotoxic effects on lung cells: The Middle East dust storms in Ahvaz, Iran

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 655, Issue , 2019, Pages 434-445

  Goudarzi, Gholamreza ^a   Shirmardi, Mohammad ^b   Naimabadi, Abolfazl ^c   Ghadiri, Ata ^a   Sajedifar, Javad ^c  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NEYSHABUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ahvaz; Cytotoxicity; Heavy metals; Middle Eastern dust; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CYTOTOXICITY; DUST; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; WATER POLLUTION;

AHVAZ; EXTRACTABLE COMPONENTS; INCUBATION DURATION; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS; KHUZESTAN PROVINCES; KRUSKAL-WALLIS TESTS; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; WATER SOLUBLE FRACTION;

STORMS;

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; METAL;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CELL; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DUST STORM; HEAVY METAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; TOXICITY;

A-549 CELL LINE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; IRAN; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; AIR POLLUTANT; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPITHELIUM CELL; HURRICANE; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY;

AHWAZ; IRAN; KHUZESTAN;

A549 CELLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CELL SURVIVAL; CYCLONIC STORMS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IRAN; LUNG; METALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 85056882160     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.153     Document Type: Article

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