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PMID: 21429643 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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We monitored curbside airborne particulate matter (PM) concentrations and its proinflammatory capacity during 3 weekends when vehicle traffic was excluded from Park. Ave., New York City. Fine PM concentration peaked in the morning regardless of traffic while ultrafine PM was 58% lower during mornings without traffic. Ultrafine PM concentration varied linearly with traffic flow, while fine PM spiked sharply in response to random traffic events that were weakly correlated with the traffic signal cycle. Ultrafine PM concentrations decayed exponentially with distance from a cross street with unrestricted traffic flow, reaching background levels within 100 m of the source. IL-6 induction was typically highest on Friday afternoons but showed no clear relationship to the presence of traffic. The coarse fraction (>2.5 μm) had the greatest intrinsic inflammatory capacity, suggesting that coarse PM still warrants attention even as the research focus is shifting to nano-particles. |
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Thomas H Whitlow; Andrew Hall; K Max Zhang; Juan Anguita |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-3-21 |
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Title: Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) Volume: - ISSN: 1873-6424 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-3-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8804476 Medline TA: Environ Pollut Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Horticulture, 23 Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. |
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