Ultrafine particles
Surgical smoke and ultrafine particles
... by ultrafine particles with a diameter below 100 ...larger-sized particles of the same chemistry renders ultrafine particles biologically more active ...nanosized particles and ...
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Recent exposure to ultrafine particles in school children alters miR-222 expression in the extracellular fraction of saliva
... and ultrafine particles (<100 nm) translocate from the lung into the system and may contribute to adverse cardiovascular ...to ultrafine particles at ...
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Expert elicitation on ultrafine particles: likelihood of health effects and causal pathways
... Key European experts on UFP and health from clinical, toxicological and epidemiological backgrounds were selected in a two-step systematic peer-nomination. As a first step, we approached nominators, inviting: (a) first, ...
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The impact of ultrafine particles on daily counts of deaths from respiratory diseases in the Municipality of Ljubljana: A temporal variability study
... Ultrafine particles are outdoor air pollutants, the exposure to which is associated with morbidity and mortality for respiratory and cardiovascular ...of ultrafine particle number concentrations in ...
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Ultrafine particles and platelet activation in patients with coronary heart disease – results from a prospective panel study
... exhaust particles in ham- sters, as well as an activation of platelets [7], thus provid- ing one possible explanation for the observed ...of ultrafine particles (UFP, number concentration of ...
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Microelectromechanical-system-based condensation particle counter for real-time monitoring of airborne ultrafine particles
... Abstract. We present a portable, inexpensive, and accu- rate microelectromechanical-system-based (MEMS-based) condensation particle counter (CPC) for sensitive and pre- cise monitoring of airborne ultrafine ...
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Incomplete lung recovery following sub-acute inhalation of combustion-derived ultrafine particles in mice
... with ultrafine particle – cell interactions ...inert ultrafine particles, with- out any PAH content, such as carbon black and titanium dioxide, showed significant increases in inflammation and ...
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Ultrafine particles cause cytoskeletal dysfunctions in macrophages: role of intracellular calcium
... urban particles (i.e. PM10 or PM2.5 ≡ mass of all particles being smaller than 10 µ m or ...of particles with even higher significance ...of ultrafine (diameter < 100 nm) compared to fine ...
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Monitoring of Ultrafine Particles in the Surrounding Urban Area of In Land Passenger Ferries
... to ultrafine particles in the surrounding urban area of in-land passenger ferries, namely in the present context of increasing number of ferry movement on Tagus ...
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Study of Flow Behavior of Ultrafine Particles Agglomerations in the Riser
... the ultrafine particles, a few works have been ...cohesive particles in bubbling fluidized ...cohesive particles in the vibration fluidized bed based on the Lagrangian ...cohesive ...
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Occupational exposure to ultrafine particles in police officers: no evidence for adverse respiratory effects
... that ultrafine carbon particle inhalation in healthy individuals induced inflammation related pathways, ...to ultrafine particles in the bloodstream and are most likely associated with physiological ...
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Study of Potential Health Damage Caused by Ultrafine Particles in Megacities Using a Pulmonary Deposition Model
... A theoretic study was made to help choose the ultrafine particles data from four cities and apply it to the model. Information about the average mass concentration and average particle diameter for each ...
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Ultrafine particles affect the balance of endogenous pro- and anti-inflammatory lipid mediators in the lung: in-vitro and in-vivo studies
... that ultrafine ambient particles play an important role in the patho- genesis of respiratory diseases ...[14-16]. Ultrafine particles (< ...fine particles (< 2.5 μm aerodynamic ...
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Translocation and potential neurological effects of fine and ultrafine particles a critical update
... and ultrafine particles, after deposition on the surfactant film at the air-liquid interface, are displaced by surface forces exerted on them by surfactant film and may then interact with primary target ...
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Effects of ultrafine particles-induced oxidative stress on Clara cells in allergic lung inflammation
... the ultrafine size range (<100 nm), which when inhaled, readily penetrate the lower respiratory tract ...detect particles within Clara cells as we recently observed in other types of epithelial cells ...
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Comparison of cellular toxicity caused by ambient ultrafine particles and engineered metal oxide nanoparticles
... Chemical elements of the size-resolved particles were analyzed using proton-induced X-ray emission analysis (PIXE), as previously described [24]. Briefly, the filtered samples were cut into strips (width × length ...
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<p>Ultrafine particles in airways: a novel marker of COPD exacerbation risk and inflammatory status</p>
... There are several limitations to our study. First, since this was a cross-sectional study, reproducibility of the UFP con- tent in EBC in the same subject was not evaluated. Second, the EBC UFP content as a reflection of ...
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Response of spontaneously hypertensive rats to inhalation of fine and ultrafine particles from traffic: experimental controlled study
... Due to its the complexity, the best way to study PM is by studying the effects of inhaling it. Systems designed to deliver controlled amounts of concentrated ambient par- ticles now exist and allow a mechanistic approach ...
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Long-term exposure to ambient ultrafine particles and respiratory disease incidence in in Toronto, Canada: a cohort study
... on measurements collected in 2004 [6]. Briefly, the UFP model was based on data collected from a mobile moni- toring campaign conducted over three weeks (2 weeks in summer, 1 week in winter) including data from 405 road ...
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Longitudinal associations of long-term exposure to ultrafine particles with blood pressure and systemic inflammation in Puerto Rican adults
... more particles per hour to have increased susceptibility to high ambient con- centrations of air pollutants, especially if individuals are exercising in highly polluted areas ...
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