Vehicle Emissions

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A controlled trial of acute effects of human exposure to traffic particles on pulmonary oxidative stress and heart rate variability. 
  • A genome-wide trans-ethnic interaction study links the PIGR-FCAMR locus to coronary atherosclerosis via interactions between genetic variants and residential exposure to traffic. 
  • A personal exposure study employing scripted activities and paths in conjunction with atmospheric releases of perfluorocarbon tracers in Manhattan, New York. 
  • Acute changes in heart rate variability in subjects with diabetes following a highway traffic exposure. 
  • Acute decreases in proteasome pathway activity after inhalation of fresh diesel exhaust or secondary organic aerosol. 
  • Air pollution in China, with Junfeng (Jim) Zhang by Ashley Ahearn. 
  • Alteration of peripheral blood monocyte gene expression in humans following diesel exhaust inhalation. 
  • Association of Roadway Proximity with Fasting Plasma Glucose and Metabolic Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in a Cross-Sectional Study of Cardiac Catheterization Patients. 
  • Association of air pollution sources and aldehydes with biomarkers of blood coagulation, pulmonary inflammation, and systemic oxidative stress. 
  • Bladder cancer risk among auto and truck mechanics and chemically related occupations. 
  • Boundary layer model for air pollutant concentrations due to highway traffic. 
  • Characterization of Spatial Air Pollution Patterns Near a Large Railyard Area in Atlanta, Georgia. 
  • Controlled exposure to diesel exhaust causes increased nitrite in exhaled breath condensate among subjects with asthma. 
  • Determining times to maximum urine excretion of 1-aminopyrene after diesel exhaust exposure. 
  • Diesel exhaust particles activate the matrix-metalloproteinase-1 gene in human bronchial epithelia in a beta-arrestin-dependent manner via activation of RAS. 
  • Dynamic-chemical coupling of the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere region. 
  • Effects of a nanoceria fuel additive on the physicochemical properties of diesel exhaust particles. 
  • Effects of garage employment and tobacco smoking on breathing-zone concentrations of carbonyl compounds. 
  • Exposure to traffic pollution, acute inflammation and autonomic response in a panel of car commuters. 
  • Field investigation of roadside vegetative and structural barrier impact on near-road ultrafine particle concentrations under a variety of wind conditions. 
  • Fuel-based fine particulate and black carbon emission factors from a railyard area in Atlanta. 
  • Health effects of real-world exposure to diesel exhaust in persons with asthma. 
  • Impacts of a nanosized ceria additive on diesel engine emissions of particulate and gaseous pollutants. 
  • Improvements to lawn and garden equipment emissions estimates for Baltimore, Maryland. 
  • Maternal stress and effects of prenatal air pollution on offspring mental health outcomes in mice. 
  • PM2.5 constituents and oxidative DNA damage in humans. 
  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other semivolatile organic compounds collected in New York City in response to the events of 9/11. 
  • Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes, traffic-related polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and breast cancer incidence. 
  • Prenatal air pollution exposure induces neuroinflammation and predisposes offspring to weight gain in adulthood in a sex-specific manner. 
  • Prenatal air pollution exposure induces sexually dimorphic fetal programming of metabolic and neuroinflammatory outcomes in adult offspring. 
  • Pulmonary function of rats exposed to ethanol and gasoline fumes. 
  • Quantification of 1-aminopyrene in human urine after a controlled exposure to diesel exhaust. 
  • Respiratory and cardiovascular responses to walking down a traffic-polluted road compared with walking in a traffic-free area in participants aged 60 years and older with chronic lung or heart disease and age-matched healthy controls: a randomised, crossover study. 
  • Respiratory effects of exposure to diesel traffic in persons with asthma. 
  • Sickness response symptoms among healthy volunteers after controlled exposures to diesel exhaust and psychological stress. 
  • Sources of volatile organic compounds in suburban homes in Shanghai, China, and the impact of air filtration on compound concentrations. 
  • Suppression of the NF-κB pathway by diesel exhaust particles impairs human antimycobacterial immunity. 
  • TRPV4-mediated calcium influx into human bronchial epithelia upon exposure to diesel exhaust particles. 
  • Traffic and meteorological impacts on near-road air quality: summary of methods and trends from the Raleigh Near-Road Study. 
  • Up-regulation of tissue factor in human pulmonary artery endothelial cells after ultrafine particle exposure. 
  • Urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites as biomarkers of exposure to traffic-emitted pollutants. 
  • Variability in bioreactivity linked to changes in size and zeta potential of diesel exhaust particles in human immune cells. 
  • Vehicular Traffic-Related Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Exposure and Breast Cancer Incidence: The Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project (LIBCSP). 
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  Keywords of People

  • Shindell, Drew Todd, Nicholas Professor of Earth Science, Earth and Ocean Sciences
  • Sullivan, Daniel Carl, Professor Emeritus of Radiology, Radiology