Airborne particulate matter and human health: toxicological assessment and importance of size and composition of particles for oxidative damage and carcinogenic …

A Valavanidis, K Fiotakis… - Journal of Environmental …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
… ambient airborne particulate matter (PM) as an importantparticulate matter that determine
their biological effects. Several independent groups of investigators have shown that the size

[HTML][HTML] Particulate matter and atherosclerosis: role of particle size, composition and oxidative stress

JA Araujo, AE Nel - Particle and fibre toxicology, 2009 - Springer
… and size of ambient particles play an important role in determining atherosclerotic lesion
development, with a hypothesis that UFP should trigger more plaque development than bigger …

Indoor particulate matter of outdoor origin: importance of size-dependent removal mechanisms

WJ Riley, TE McKone, ACK Lai… - Environmental science & …, 2002 - ACS Publications
… Because we are most interested in illustrating the importance of the PM size distribution, we
believe that the model assumptions do not unduly limit the value of the work presented here. …

Particulate matter in the atmosphere: which particle properties are important for its effects on health?

RM Harrison, J Yin - Science of the total environment, 2000 - Elsevier
… The issue of particle size is more difficult to address due to the scarcity of data. Overall, the
… of the particulate matter is responsible for the adverse effects. The issue of particle size is …

Size, source and chemical composition as determinants of toxicity attributable to ambient particulate matter

FJ Kelly, JC Fussell - Atmospheric environment, 2012 - Elsevier
… Worldwide, it is estimated that PM 2.5 (particulate matter less than 2.5 μm in diameter) …
One of the most important distinctions of particulate pollution is based on how the particles …

A study on variations of concentrations of particulate matter with different sizes in Lanzhou, China

S Wang, X Feng, X Zeng, Y Ma, K Shang - Atmospheric Environment, 2009 - Elsevier
… Therefore, it is very important to study the variation of concentration of PM with different sizes
In this study, the concentrations of four kinds of particulate matter (TSP, PM 10 , PM 2.5 and …

Concentration distribution and bioaccessibility of trace elements in nano and fine urban airborne particulate matter: influence of particle size

J Niu, PE Rasmussen, NM Hassan, R Vincent - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2010 - Springer
particulate matter (PM), may play an important role in PM adverse health effect. The aim of
this paper is to characterize elements in a wide particle sizeSize-selective particle sampling …

Relationship between different size classes of particulate matter and meteorology in three European cities

JJ De Hartog, G Hoek, A Mirme, T Tuch… - Journal of …, 2005 - pubs.rsc.org
… Also, closer to major streets the particle size distribution is shifted to a lower size. The …
Since dilution is suggested to play the most important role in altering the particle size

An alternative way to determine the size distribution of airborne particulate matter

E Cuccia, V Bernardoni, D Massabò, P Prati… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - Elsevier
… We have shown that important size-segregated information can be obtained with long
campaigns using standard low-volume sequential samplers and OPCs. A tool to measure the PM …

Assessing the role of particulate matter size and composition on gene expression in pulmonary cells

DW Graff, MT Schmitt, LA Dailey, RM Duvall… - Inhalation …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
… effects associated with PM size and composition to sources of particulate air pollution? The
… data that demonstrate the importance of our approach. PM size fractions appear to produce …