Article Text

Download PDFPDF
Ultrafine particles: insidious invaders

Statistics from Altmetric.com

Request Permissions

If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

Children living on a main road have ultrafine particles in their lower lungs. Evidence from a study led by Grigg in Leicester, UK, is also the first indicator that these children inhale more ultrafine particles.

Until now it was unclear whether PM10—carbon based particles <10 μm diameter associated with lung …

View Full Text