Chemistry of Airborne Particulate -- Lung Interactions Revealed
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 14:29
in Health & Medicine
Exactly how airborne particulates harm our lungs still puzzles epidemiologists, physicians, environmental scientists, and policy makers. Now California Institute of Technology researchers have found that they act by impairing the lungs' natural defenses against ozone.
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