Ultrafine particles in urban air and respiratory health among adult asthmatics
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Ultrafine particles in urban air and respiratory health among adult asthmatics.
Airborne particles are associated with adverse health effects and contribute to excess mortality in epidemiological studies. A recent hypothesis proposes that the high numbers of ultrafine (<0.1 microm diameter) particles in ambient air might provoke alveolar inflammation and subsequently cause exacerbations in pre-existing cardiopulmonary diseases. To test the hypothesis adult asthmatics were ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0000-0000,0903-1936
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.01.17304280