Exposure measurement and biological effects of pollutants at work, outdoor and at home

Poster Discussion
Chairs: B. Nemery (Leuven, Belgium), X. Munoz (Barcelona, Spain)
The Respira project: Difference in levels of indoor biological pollutants in schools and homes in Southern Sicily and Malta
V. Longo, D. Bilocca, C. Zammit, M. Balzan, F. Cibella, S. Montefort, G. Viegi, P. Colombo (Palermo, Italy; Msida, Malta)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
A novel alternative to environmental monitoring to detect workers at risk for beryllium exposure-related health effects
E. Fireman, Y. Lerman, M. Stark, A. Pardo, Y. Schwarz, M. V. Van Dyke, B. Barkes, L. Newman, L. Maier (Tel-Aviv, Israel; Denver, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Do existing empirical models for welding fumes estimate exposure to ultrafine particles among Canadian welding apprentices?
E. Suarthana, M. Debia, I. Burstyn, D. Gautrin, H. Kromhout (Montreal, Montréal, Canada; Philadelphia, United States Of America; Utrecht, Netherlands)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Exposure to mild steel welding fume and pneumococcal infection of nasal epithelial cells in vitro
R. Suri, K. T. Palmer, D. Coggon, J. Grigg (London, Southampton, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Toxicity assessment of spark-generated, airborne copper oxide nanoparticles in lung epithelial cells
P. Thorne, X. Jing, J. H. Park, A. Adamcakova-Dodd, T. Peters, S. Perry (Iowa City, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Comparison of pulmonary inflammatory responses between intratracheal instillation and inhalation of nanoparticles
H. Izumi, Y. Morimoto, M. Horie, Y. Yoshiura, T. Tomonaga, B. W. Lee, T. Okada, T. Oyabu, T. Myojo, M. Shimada, M. Kubo, K. Yamamoto, S. Kitajima (Higashi-Hiroshima, Kitakyushu, Tsukuba, Kagoshima, Japan)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Biopersistence of nanoparticle in inhalation and intratracheal instillation studies for hazard assessment
T. Oyabu, Y. Morimoto, B. W. Lee, T. Okada, H. Izumi, T. Tomonaga, Y. Yoshiura, M. Shimada, M. Kubo, T. Myojo (Kitakyushu, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Usefulness of myeloperoxidase as a biomarker for nanoparticles' toxicity
T. Tomonaga, H. Izumi, Y. Yoshiura, T. Myojo, T. Oyabu, B. W. Lee, T. Okada, Y. Morimoto (Fukuoka, Japan)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Geogenic dust impacts cell viability and inflammatory cytokines in human airway epithelial cells
H. D. Clifford, A. Kicic, K. Perks, L. J. Berry, K. M. Ling, E. N. Sutanto, A. N. Larcombe, G. R. Zosky (Perth, Hobart, Australia)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effects of diesel exhaust particles on human bronchial epithelial cells at air-liquid interface
A. Vaughan, S. Stevanovic, B. Miljevic, Z. Ristovski, F. Goh, V. Relan, L. Morrison, R. Bowman, K. Fong, I. Yang (Brisbane, Australia)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
The effects of concentrated air pollution by gender: Experimental study in mice
K. Yoshizaki, C. S. Fuziwara, J. M. Brito, T. M. N. Santos, E. T. Kimura, A. T. Correia, P. Vasconcelos, L. F. F. Silva, T. Mauad, P. H. N. Saldiva, M. Macchione (São Paulo, Brazil)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Aged spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) are predisposed to ultrafine carbon particle (UfCP) mediated cardiovascular impairment
S. Upadhyay, K. Ganguly, T. Stoeger, L. George, M. Schladweiler, U. Kodavanti, H. Schulz (Chennai, India; Munich, Germany; NC, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Influence of exposure to concentrated urban air particles on the respiratory system of (LDLr-/-) mice
A. Alemany, M. Veras, G. Ribeiro Junior, N. Costa, S. Catanozi, D. Abdalla, P. Saldiva, T. Mauad (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Inflammatory response to fine particulate air pollution exposure: Neutrophil versus monocyte
X. Xu, S. Jiang, Y. Bai, A. Wang, M. Zhong, L. C. Chen, Q. Sun (Columbus, Tuxedo, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Exposure to diesel exhaust in asthmatics modulates leukotriene E4 and airflow through changes in microRNA
N. Rabinovitch, A. Singh, S. Tebbutt, C. Carlsten (Denver, United States Of America; Vancouver, Canada)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effects on innate immunity in swine farmers after treatment with steroids
A. Hedelin, B. M. Sundblad, S. Kullberg, K. Larsson, L. Palmberg (Stockholm, Solna, Sweden)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Higher indoor PM2.5 concentration of cadmium (Cd) and thallium (Tl) is related to domestic smoking
S. Ruggieri, G. Drago, C. Perrino, S. Canepari, M. Balzan, G. Cuttitta, G. Piva, R. Minardi, V. Longo, S. La Grutta, G. Viegi, F. Cibella (Palermo, Monterotondo-Rome, Gela, Italy; Msida, Malta)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster