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NETs: a new biomarker of traffic-related air pollution exposure: are they ready to catch fish?

Year: 2020

Type: editorial

Abstract: Air pollution has been with humankind throughout evolution ( e.g. volcanoes, forest fires), but it rapidly accelerated with the industrial revolution. Although the history of London's suffocating fogs began in the 18th century with coal power, it was the acute London fog episode of December 1952, and similar crises, that galvanised public health officials to begin to address the problem. The tremendous growth of automobiles reliant on internal combustion engines during the latter half of the 20th century ultimately led to current concerns with traffic-related air pollution (TRAP), causing researchers to seek a better understanding of air pollution health effects [1, 2]. There are many challenges in interpretation of novel assays for health effects in human challenge studies <https://bit.ly/3bdF5me>

Source: European Respiratory Journal

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00305-2020

Authors: Howard M Kipen, Debra L. Laskin

Institutions: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute

Language: English

Topic: Air Quality and Health Impacts

Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases