Evidence for the presence of air pollution nanoparticles in placental tissue cells.

Liu NM, Miyashita L, Maher BA, McPhail G, Jones CJP, Barratt B, Thangaratinam S, Karloukovski V, Ahmed IA, Aslam Z, Grigg J

Inhaled particulate matter (PM) from combustion- and friction-sourced air pollution adversely affects organs distant from the lung. A putative mechanism for the remote effect of inhaled PM is that ultrafine, nano-sized fraction (

Keywords:

Humans

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Air Pollutants

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Air Pollution

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Vehicle Emissions

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Pregnancy

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Particle Size

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Female

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Particulate Matter

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Nanoparticles