Ambient particulate air pollution from vehicles promotes lipid peroxidation and inflammatory responses in rat lung
Oxidative stress plays a major role in the pathogenesis of particle-dependent lung injury. Ambient particle levels from vehicles have not been previously shown to cause oxidative stress to the lungs. The present study was conducted to a) determine whether short-term exposure to ambient levels of par...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2007-10-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007001000008 |