The capital of the Czech Republic, Prague, appears today to be one of the most polluted
residential areas in the country, whereas air pollution in the Northern Bohemia region (the …

This study is the in vitro part of a long-term program to investigate the impact of air pollution
on the health of a population in a polluted region of Northern Bohemia. In order to assess …

Principal aims of this study were at first, to find a relevant human derived cell line to
investigate the genotoxic potential of PAH-containing complex mixtures and second, to use …

The effect of exposure to organic compounds adsorbed onto respirable air particles (< 2.5
μm) on DNA adducts in lymphocytes was studied in a group of non-smoking policemen (N …

Atmospheric pollution is assumed to play a role in the incidence of respiratory diseases and
cancers. Airborne particles are able to penetrate deep into the lung and are composed of …

As part of a long-term program to investigate the impact of air pollution on the health of a
population in a polluted region in Northern Bohemia, mutagenicity of extractable organic …

In this study, organic extracts of total suspended particles (TSP) and the particulate matter
(PM) with the size below 2.5 μm (PM2. 5) combined with organic extracts of the gas phase …

The present study reports mutagenic and genotoxic activities associated with ambient air
collected at 15 sites characteristic for urban, industrial or rural conditions in Flanders …

The study was aimed at determining the genotoxic potential of extractable organic matter
(EOM) from ambient air particles PM10 (< 10 μm) using mammalian cells in culture as test …

In this study, the relationship between genotoxic potency and the occurrence of polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), including benzo (a) pyrene (BaP), and nitro-PAH in urban …