Pulmonary responses in current smokers and ex-smokers following a two hour exposure at rest to clean air and fine ambient air particles

Schwartz J(1994)Air pollution and hospital admissions for the elderly in Detroit, Michigan Am J Respir Crit Care Med 150 648-655

Hodgkin JE(2009)State-specific prevalence and trends in adult cigarette smoking—United States, 1998–2007 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 58 221-226

Abbey DE(1984)COPD prevalence in nonsmokers in high and low photochemical air pollution areas Chest 86 830-838

Euler GL(1993)Acute effects of PM10 pollution on pulmonary function of smokers with mild to moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Amer Rev Respir Dis 147 1336-1340

Magie AR(1997)Comparative measurement of lung deposition of inhaled fine particles in normal subjects and patients with obstructive airway disease Am J Respir Crit Care Med 155 899-905

Pope CA(2004)Pulmonary function, diffusing capacity, and inflammation in healthy and asthmatic subjects exposed to ultrafine particles Inhal Toxicol 16 59-72

Kanner RE(2000)Concentrated ambient particles induce a neutrophilic lung inflammation in healthy volunteers Am J Respir Crit Care Med 162 981-988

Kim CS(2007)A comparison of studies on the effects of controlled exposure to fine, coarse and ultrafine ambient particulate matter from a single location Inhal Toxicol 19 29-32

Kang TC(1994)What are people dying of on high air pollution days? Environ Res 64 26-35

Pietropaoli AP(1997)The role of particulate size and chemistry in the association between summertime ambient air pollution and hospitalization for cardiorespiratory diseases Environ Health Perspect 105 614-620

Schwartz J(1994)Air pollution and hospital admissions for the elderly in Detroit, Michigan Am J Respir Crit Care Med 150 648-655

Hodgkin JE(2009)State-specific prevalence and trends in adult cigarette smoking—United States, 1998–2007 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 58 221-226

Abbey DE(1984)COPD prevalence in nonsmokers in high and low photochemical air pollution areas Chest 86 830-838

Euler GL(1993)Acute effects of PM10 pollution on pulmonary function of smokers with mild to moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Amer Rev Respir Dis 147 1336-1340

Magie AR(1997)Comparative measurement of lung deposition of inhaled fine particles in normal subjects and patients with obstructive airway disease Am J Respir Crit Care Med 155 899-905

Pope CA(2004)Pulmonary function, diffusing capacity, and inflammation in healthy and asthmatic subjects exposed to ultrafine particles Inhal Toxicol 16 59-72

Kanner RE(2000)Concentrated ambient particles induce a neutrophilic lung inflammation in healthy volunteers Am J Respir Crit Care Med 162 981-988

Kim CS(2007)A comparison of studies on the effects of controlled exposure to fine, coarse and ultrafine ambient particulate matter from a single location Inhal Toxicol 19 29-32

Kang TC(1994)What are people dying of on high air pollution days? Environ Res 64 26-35

Pietropaoli AP(1997)The role of particulate size and chemistry in the association between summertime ambient air pollution and hospitalization for cardiorespiratory diseases Environ Health Perspect 105 614-620