title: [Health impact of diesel particles: between myth and reality?].
abstract: Exposure to particulate air pollution produced by traffic, and especially diesel particles, is accused of having multiple deleterious effects on human health. While some such effects are undeniable, such as the aggravation of respiratory allergies, many questions remain as to their impact on mortality, lung cancer and cardiovascular events.
authors: L'Académie nationale de médecine, Pneumologie A, Hôpital Bichat, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris. michel.aubier@bch.aphp.fr
authors: Michel
authors: M
authors: Aubier
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001335:Vehicle Emissions
chemical_list: D052638:Particulate Matter; D001335:Vehicle Emissions