Source of Biomass Cooking Fuel Determines Pulmonary Response to Household Air Pollution

A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

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A Comparison of the Inflammatory and Proteolytic Effects of Dung Biomass and Cigarette Smoke Exposure in the Lung

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Multiple approaches to evaluate the toxicity of the biomass fuel cow dung (kanda) smoke

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Toxicity and elemental composition of particulate matter from outdoor and indoor air of elementary schools in Munich, Germany

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Neutrophilic Inflammatory Response and Oxidative Stress in Premenopausal Women Chronically Exposed to Indoor Air Pollution from Biomass Burning

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Distribution and health-risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils at a coking plant

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A review of diseases associated with household air pollution due to the use of biomass fuels

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Wood Smoke Exposure and Gene Promoter Methylation Are Associated with Increased Risk for COPD in Smokers

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Airborne Endotoxin Concentrations in Homes Burning Biomass Fuel

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Characterization of emissions from South Asian biofuels and application to source apportionment of carbonaceous aerosol in the Himalayas

(2010) Elizabeth A. Stone et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Chemotactic Mediators of Th1 T-cell Trafficking in Smokers and COPD Patients

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Proapoptotic Noxa is required for particulate matter-induced cell death and lung inflammation

(2009) Daniela Urich et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Particles from wood smoke and road traffic differently affect the innate immune system of the lung

(2009) Mari Samuelsen et al.   INHALATION TOXICOLOGY

Effects of biomass combustion smoke on hematological and antioxidant profile among children (8–13 years) in India

(2009) Pratap Kumar Padhy et al.   INHALATION TOXICOLOGY

Involvement of TLR2 and TLR4 in inflammatory immune responses induced by fine and coarse ambient air particulate matter

(2009) Joanna Shoenfelt et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in non-smokers

(2009) Sundeep S Salvi et al.   LANCET

Differential effects of nitro-PAHs and amino-PAHs on cytokine and chemokine responses in human bronchial epithelial BEAS-2B cells

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Targeting Nrf2 with the triterpenoid CDDO- imidazolide attenuates cigarette smoke-induced emphysema and cardiac dysfunction in mice

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Indoor air pollution from biomass fuel smoke is a major health concern in the developing world

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