Background Several studies have demonstrated an association between exposure to
ambient particulate matter (PM) and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Inflammation …

Epidemiological studies show heterogeneities in the particulate pollution-related exposure–
effect relationships among cardiorespiratory patients, but the connection to chemical …

Background Proximity to traffic-related pollution has been associated with poor respiratory
health in adults and children. Objectives We wished to test the hypothesis that particulate …

Inflammation is regarded as an important mechanism in mortality and morbidity associated
with exposures of cardiorespiratory patients to urban air particulate matter. We investigated …

There is conflicting evidence in the literature as to the predominant mechanism and also the
compositional element (s) that drives the pulmonary inflammatory response of ambient …

We investigated the dose and time dependency of inflammatory and cytotoxic responses to
size-segregated urban air particulate samples in the mouse lung. Coarse (PM10− 2.5), fine …

Particulate matter (PM), a complex mix of chemical compounds, results to be associated with
various health effects. However there is still lack of information on the impact of its different …

Background Ambient particulate matter (PM) exposure is associated with respiratory and
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. To what extent such effects are different for PM …

The authors have previously demonstrated heterogeneities in the inflammatory activities of
urban air fine (PM2. 5–0.2) and coarse (PM10–2.5) particulate samples collected from six …

Several studies have shown that particles of smaller size may be more potent than larger to
induce inflammatory and toxic responses in cultured lung cells. However, the relative …