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Nanoparticles in Air Pollution
- NEW - Ayres, J.G., Borm, P. et al. (January 2008). Evaluating the Toxicity of Airborne Particulate Matter and Nanoparticles by Measuring Oxidative Stress Potential - A Workshop Report and Consensus Statement. Inhalation Toxicology, 20(1): 75-99. Abstract.
Bang, J. J. & Murr, L. E. (2002). Atmospheric nanoparticles: preliminary studies and potential respiratory health risks for emerging nanotechnologies. Journal of Materials Science Letters, 21, 361-366.
Evelyn, A., Mannick, S., Sermon, P.A. (2003). Unusual carbon-based nanofibers and chains among diesel-emitted particles. Nano Letters, 3(1), 63-64.
Geiser, M., Rothen-Rutishauser, B., Kapp, N., Schürch, S., Kreyling, W., et al. (November 2005). Ultrafine Particles cross cellular membranes by nonphagocytic mechanisms in lungs and in cultured cells. Environmental Health Perspectives, Volume 113, 11.
- NEW - Gerlofs-Nijland, M.E, Dormans, J.A.M.A, Bloemen, H.J.T. et al. (October 2007). Toxicity of Coarse and Fine Particulate Matter from Sites with Contrasting Traffic Profiles. Inhalation Toxicology, 19(13): 1055-1069. Abstract.
- NEW - He, C., Morawska, L. and Taplin, L. (2007). Particle Emission Characteristics of Office Printers. Environ. Sci. Technol. Abstract.
Hirano, S., Nitta, H., Moriguchi, Y., Kobayashi, S., Kondo, Y., Tanabe, K., Kobayashi, T., Wakamatsu, S., Morita, M., & Yamazaki, S. (2003). Nanoparticles in emissions and atmospheric environment: Now and future. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 5: 311-321.
Jalava, P.I., Salonen, R.O. et al. (March 2007). Heterogeneities in Inflammatory and Cytotoxic Responses of RAW 264.7 Macrophage Cell Line to Urban Air Coarse, Fine, and Ultrafine Particles From Six European Sampling Campaigns. Inhalation Toxicology, 19(3): 213 - 225. Abstract 
Kleeman, M. J., Schauer, J. J. & Cass, G. R. (2000). Size and composition distribution of fine particulate matter emitted from motor vehicles. Environmental Science & Technology, 34, 1132-1142.
Murr, L. E., Bang, J. J., Esquivel, E. V., Guerrero, P. A., & Lopez, D. A. (2004). Carbon nanotubes, nanocrystal forms, and complex nanoparticle aggregates in common fuel-gas combustion sources and the ambient air. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 6: 241-251.
- NEW - Shi, Y., Murr, L.E., Soto, K.F., et al. (2007). Characterization and comparison of speciated atmospheric carbonaceous particulates and their polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contents in the context of the paso del norte airshed along the US-Mexico border. Polycyclic aromatic compounds, 27 (5): 361-400.
Soto, K.F., Carrasco, A., Powell, T.G., Garza, K.M., and Murr, L.E. (2005). Comparative in vitro cytotoxicity assessment of some manufactured nanoparticulate materials characterized by transmission electron microscopy. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 7: 145-169. Abstract
- NEW - Stone, V; Johnston, H; Clift, MJD. (December 2007). Air pollution, ultrafine and nanoparticle toxicology. IEEE transactions on nanobioscience, 6 (4): 331-340. Abstract

Respiratory Effects
- NEW - Asgharian, B, Price, O.T. (2007). Deposition of Ultrafine (NANO) Particles in the Human Lung. Inhalation Toxicology, 19(3): 1045-1054. Abstract.
Bang, J. J. & Murr, L. E. (2002). Atmospheric nanoparticles: preliminary studies and potential respiratory health risks for emerging nanotechnologies. Journal of Materials Science Letters, 21, 361-366.
Cormier, S.A., Lomnicki, S., Backes, W., and Dellinger, B. (June 2006). Origin and Health Impacts of Emissions of Toxic By-Products and Fine Particles from Combustion and Thermal Treatment of Hazardous Wastes and Materials. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(6): 810–817. Article.
Donaldson, K., Stone, V., Gilmour, P. S., Brown, D. M., & MacNee, W. (2000). Ultrafine particles: Mechanisms of lung injury. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 358, 2741-2749.
Geiser, M., Rothen-Rutishauser, B., Kapp, N., Schürch, S., Kreyling, W., Schulz, H., Semmler, M., Im Hof, V., Heyder, J., and Gehr, P. (November 2005). Ultrafine Particles Cross Cellular Membranes by Nonphagocytic Mechanisms in Lungs and in Cultured Cells. Environmental Health Perspectives, Volume 113, Number 11. Abstract. Article
- NEW - Gerlofs-Nijland, M.E, Dormans, J.A.M.A, Bloemen, H.J.T. et al. (October 2007). Toxicity of Coarse and Fine Particulate Matter from Sites with Contrasting Traffic Profiles. Inhalation Toxicology, 19(13): 1055-1069. Abstract.
Happo, M.S., Salonen, R.O., Hälinen, A.I. (March 2007). Dose and time dependency of inflammatory responses in the mouse lung to urban air coarse, fine, and ultrafine particles from six European cities. Inhal Toxicol., 19(3):227-46. Abstract.
Oberdorster, G., Ferin, J., & Lehnert, B.E. (1994). Correlation between particle size, in vivo particle persistence and lung injury. Environmental Health Perspectives, 102 (Suppl 5), 173-179.
Vincent, J. H., & Clement, C. F. (2002). Ultrafine particles in the urban air: To the respiratory tract-and beyond? Environmental Health Perspectives, 110, 440-441.
Wallace, W.E., Keane, M.J., Murray, D.K., Chisholm, W.P., Maynard, A.D., and Ong, T.M. (January 2007). Phospholipid lung surfactant and nanoparticle surface toxicity: Lessons from diesel soots and silicate dusts. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 9,1: 23-38. Abstract.

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Cardiovascular Effects
Batalha, J. R. F., Saldiva, P. H. N., Clarke, R. W., Coull, B. A., Stearns, R. C. Lawrence, J., Murthy, G. G. K., Koutrakis, P., & Godleski, J. J. (2002). Concentrated ambient air particles induce vasoconstriction of small pulmonary arteries in rats. Environmental Health Perspectives, 110(2), 1191-1197.
Brook, R. D., Brook, J. R., Urch, B., Vincent, R., Rajagopalan, S. & Silverman, F. (2002). Inhalation of fine particulate air pollution and ozone causes acute arterial vasoconstriction in healthy adults. Circulation, 105, 1534-1536.
Cormier, S.A., Lomnicki, S., Backes, W., and Dellinger, B. (June 2006). Origin and Health Impacts of Emissions of Toxic By-Products and Fine Particles from Combustion and Thermal Treatment of Hazardous Wastes and Materials. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(6): 810–817. Article.
Delfino, R. J., Sioutas, C., & Malik, S. (2005). Potential role of ultrafine particles in associations between airborne particle mass and cardiovascular health. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113(8), 934-946.
Geiser, M., Rothen-Rutishauser, B., Kapp, N., Schürch, S., Kreyling, W., Schulz, H., Semmler, M., Im Hof, V., Heyder, J., and Gehr, P. (November 2005). Ultrafine Particles Cross Cellular Membranes by Nonphagocytic Mechanisms in Lungs and in Cultured Cells. Environmental Health Perspectives, Volume 113, Number 11. Abstract. Article
Miller, K.A, Siscovick, D.S., Sheppard, L., Shepherd, K., Sullivan, J.H.S., Anderson, G.L., and Kaufman, J.D. (February 2007). Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Women. The New England Journal of Medicine, 356:447-458. Abtract
- NEW - Shah, A.P., Pietropaoli, A.P., Frasier; L.M. et al. (Online December 2007). Effect of Inhaled Carbon Ultrafine Particles on Reactive Hyperemia in Healthy Human Subjects. Environmental Health Perspectives. Article
Peters, A., Dockery, D. W., Muller, J. E. & Mittleman, M. A. (2001). Increased particulate air pollution and the triggering of myocardial infarction. Circulation, 103, 2810-2815.
Peters, A. & Pope, C.A. (2002). Cardiopulmonary mortality and air pollution. The Lancet. 360:1184-1185.
Ripple, S. S., Petroni, D. H. & George, W. J. (2005). Ambient particulate matter, C-reactive protein, and coronary artery disease. Inhalation Toxicology, 17(7-8), 409-413.

Brain Effects
Calderon-Gardieunas, L. Azzarelli, B., Acune, H., Garcia, R., Gambling, T. M., et al. (2002). Air pollution and brain damage. Toxicologic Pathology, 30(3), 373-389.

Last updated January 2008 - Mathilde Colin