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 …

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

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 …

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

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 …

The objective of this study was to compare the toxicological effects of different source-related
ambient PM10 samples in regard to their chemical composition. In this context we …

The mechanisms for increased cardiopulmonary disease in individuals exposed to
particulate air pollution are associated with fine and ultrafine particles that have a high …

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

Recent studies have shown that an increased concentration of environmental particulate
matter (PM10) is related to many respiratory diseases. One major issue is whether the …

Increased incidence of mortality and morbidity due to cardiopulmonary complications has
been found to associate with elevated levels of particulate air pollution (particulate matter …