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February 2, 2009Environmental Health Perspectives349 citationsOpen Access

California Wildfires of 2008: Coarse and Fine Particulate Matter Toxicity

TWTeresa C. WegesserKPKent E. PinkertonJLJerold A. Last

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We conclude that the wildfire PM contains chemical components toxic to the lung, especially to alveolar macrophages, and they are more toxic to the lung than equal doses of PM collected from ambient air from the same region during a comparable season.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69daafeaaae38ff6ad835af2https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0800166
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