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Effects of short-term exposures to ultrafine particles near an airport in healthy subjects
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2020-05-10
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Effects of short-term exposures to ultrafine particles near an airport in healthy subjects
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Environ Int 2020; 141:105779 advance online publication (ahead of print)
Abstract
The PNC was on average 53,500 particles/cm3 (range 10,500-173,200). A 5-95th percentile increase in exposure to UFP (i.e. 125,400 particles/cm3) was associated with a decrease in FVC of -73.8 mL (95% CI -138.8 - -0.4) and a prolongation of the corrected QT (QTc) interval by 9.9 ms (95% CI 2.0 - 19.1). These effects were associated with particles < 20 nm (mainly UFP from aviation), but not with particles > 50 nm (mainly UFP from road traffic).