Targeting the components most responsible for airborne particulate matter health risks.
Exposure to ambient air particulate matter (PM) causes more mortality and morbidity than any other regulated environmental pollutant, but PM is ill defined (US Environmental Protection Agency, 2004). Although regulations to protect people from PM have progressively improved, the ultimate goal is to identify the components most responsible for adverse effects so regulations can be more targeted.
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Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, New York, USA. morton.lippmann@nyumc.org
D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States; D014484:United States Environmental Protection Agency
D000393:Air Pollutants