Fine and Ultrafine Particulates in Air Pollution

DISCLAIMER! This category has not been updated in a very long time; due to limited resources we have to focus on other categories. The materials listed here are old (and only a small proportion of the available literature on this topic), but they are still useful.

- Nanoparticles in Air Pollution [0]
- Respiratory Effects [0]
- Cardiovascular Effects [0]
- Brain Effects [0]

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Bang, J. J. & Murr, L. E. (2002). Atmospheric nanoparticles: preliminary studies and potential respiratory health risks for emerging nanotechnologies. Journal of Materials Science Letters, 21, 361-366.

Evelyn, A., Mannick, S., Sermon, P.A. (2003). Unusual carbon-based nanofibers and chains among diesel-emitted particles. Nano Letters, 3(1), 63-64.

Geiser, M., Rothen-Rutishauser, B., Kapp, N., Schürch, S., Kreyling, W., et al. (November 2005). Ultrafine Particles cross cellular membranes by nonphagocytic mechanisms in lungs and in cultured cells. Environmental Health Perspectives, Volume 113, 11.

Gerlofs-Nijland, M.E, Dormans, J.A.M.A, Bloemen, H.J.T. et al. (October 2007). Toxicity of Coarse and Fine Particulate Matter from Sites with Contrasting Traffic Profiles. Inhalation Toxicology, 19(13): 1055-1069. Abstract [2].

He, C., Morawska, L. and Taplin, L. (2007). Particle Emission Characteristics of Office Printers. Environ. Sci. Technol. Abstract. [3]

Hirano, S., Nitta, H., Moriguchi, Y., Kobayashi, S., Kondo, Y., Tanabe, K., Kobayashi, T., Wakamatsu, S., Morita, M., & Yamazaki, S. (2003). Nanoparticles in emissions and atmospheric environment: Now and future. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 5: 311-321.

Jalava, P.I., Salonen, R.O. et al. (March 2007). Heterogeneities in Inflammatory and Cytotoxic Responses of RAW 264.7 Macrophage Cell Line to Urban Air Coarse, Fine, and Ultrafine Particles From Six European Sampling Campaigns. Inhalation Toxicology, 19(3): 213 - 225. Abstract [4]

Kleeman, M. J., Schauer, J. J. & Cass, G. R. (2000). Size and composition distribution of fine particulate matter emitted from motor vehicles. Environmental Science & Technology, 34, 1132-1142.

Murr, L. E., Bang, J. J., Esquivel, E. V., Guerrero, P. A., & Lopez, D. A. (2004). Carbon nanotubes, nanocrystal forms, and complex nanoparticle aggregates in common fuel-gas combustion sources and the ambient air. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 6: 241-251.

Shi, Y., Murr, L.E., Soto, K.F., et al. (2007). Characterization and comparison of speciated atmospheric carbonaceous particulates and their polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contents in the context of the paso del norte airshed along the US-Mexico border. Polycyclic aromatic compounds, 27 (5): 361-400.

Soto, K.F., Carrasco, A., Powell, T.G., Garza, K.M., and Murr, L.E. (2005). Comparative in vitro cytotoxicity assessment of some manufactured nanoparticulate materials characterized by transmission electron microscopy. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 7: 145-169. Abstract [5]

Stone, V; Johnston, H; Clift, MJD. (December 2007). Air pollution, ultrafine and nanoparticle toxicology. IEEE transactions on nanobioscience, 6 (4): 331-340. Abstract [6]

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Cormier, S.A., Lomnicki, S., Backes, W., and Dellinger, B. (June 2006). Origin and Health Impacts of Emissions of Toxic By-Products and Fine Particles from Combustion and Thermal Treatment of Hazardous Wastes and Materials. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(6): 810–817. Article [8].

Donaldson, K., Stone, V., Gilmour, P. S., Brown, D. M., & MacNee, W. (2000). Ultrafine particles: Mechanisms of lung injury. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 358, 2741-2749.

Geiser, M., Rothen-Rutishauser, B., Kapp, N., Schürch, S., Kreyling, W., Schulz, H., Semmler, M., Im Hof, V., Heyder, J., and Gehr, P. (November 2005). Ultrafine Particles Cross Cellular Membranes by Nonphagocytic Mechanisms in Lungs and in Cultured Cells. Environmental Health Perspectives, Volume 113, Number 11. Abstract [9]. Article [10]

Happo, M.S., Salonen, R.O., Hälinen, A.I. (March 2007). Dose and time dependency of inflammatory responses in the mouse lung to urban air coarse, fine, and ultrafine particles from six European cities. Inhal Toxicol., 19(3):227-46. Abstract [12].

Oberdorster, G., Ferin, J., & Lehnert, B.E. (1994). Correlation between particle size, in vivo particle persistence and lung injury. Environmental Health Perspectives, 102 (Suppl 5), 173-179.

Vincent, J. H., & Clement, C. F. (2002). Ultrafine particles in the urban air: To the respiratory tract-and beyond? Environmental Health Perspectives, 110, 440-441.

Wallace, W.E., Keane, M.J., Murray, D.K., Chisholm, W.P., Maynard, A.D., and Ong, T.M. (January 2007). Phospholipid lung surfactant and nanoparticle surface toxicity: Lessons from diesel soots and silicate dusts. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 9,1: 23-38. Abstract [13].

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Delfino, R. J., Sioutas, C., & Malik, S. (2005). Potential role of ultrafine particles in associations between airborne particle mass and cardiovascular health. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113(8), 934-946.

Miller, K.A, Siscovick, D.S., Sheppard, L., Shepherd, K., Sullivan, J.H.S., Anderson, G.L., and Kaufman, J.D. (February 2007). Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Women. The New England Journal of Medicine, 356:447-458. Abtract [17]

Shah, A.P., Pietropaoli, A.P., Frasier; L.M. et al. (Online December 2007). Effect of Inhaled Carbon Ultrafine Particles on Reactive Hyperemia in Healthy Human Subjects. Environmental Health Perspectives. Article [18]

Peters, A., Dockery, D. W., Muller, J. E. & Mittleman, M. A. (2001). Increased particulate air pollution and the triggering of myocardial infarction. Circulation, 103, 2810-2815.

Peters, A. & Pope, C.A. (2002). Cardiopulmonary mortality and air pollution. The Lancet. 360:1184-1185.

Ripple, S. S., Petroni, D. H. & George, W. J. (2005). Ambient particulate matter, C-reactive protein, and coronary artery disease. Inhalation Toxicology, 17(7-8), 409-413.

Brain Effects

Calderon-Gardieunas, L. Azzarelli, B., Acune, H., Garcia, R., Gambling, T. M., et al. (2002). Air pollution and brain damage. Toxicologic Pathology, 30(3), 373-389.

Last updated January 2008 - Mathilde Colin