HEALTH RISKS OF AEROSOLED PARTICULATES Neurogenic inflammation and particulate matter (PM) air pollutants. Verones B, Oortgiesen M. Neurotoxicology Division, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA. veronesi.bellina@epamail.epa.gov "Exposure to a class of airborne pollutants known as particulate matter (PM) is an environmental health risk of global proportions. PM is thought to initiate and/or exacerbate respiratory disorders, such as asthma and airway hyper-responsiveness and is epidemiologically associated with causing death in the elderly and those with pre-existing respiratory, or cardiopulmonary disease" PubMed Abstract | |
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