Effect of urban ozone levels on laboratory-induced respiratory infections

Autor: Frederick J. Miller, Joseph W. Illing, Donald E. Gardner
Rok vydání: 1978
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Zdroj: Toxicology Letters. 2:163-169
ISSN: 0378-4274
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(78)90091-7
Popis: The effect of the time of exposure to an aerosol of viable microorganisms on the incidence of respiratory infections associated with a 3 h exposure to ozone (O3) was studied. The 157 and 196 μg m 3 (0.08–0.1 ppm) levels of O3 used occur regularly in some urban communities. The studies reported here show that the susceptibility of mice to a laboratory-induced infection can be maximally enhanced if the infectious challenge is concurrent with the exposure to O3.
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