Acute health effects of ambient air pollution including ultrafine particles in a semi-experimental setting in young, healthy individuals
Short-term exposures to UFP elicited a reduction in the lung volume (AV) accessible to gas transport by diffusion and convection. FeNO was slightly elevated after all exposures, but this increase was significantly smaller at higher ambient NO<sub>2</sub> concentrations. While these effects were too small to be clinically relevant, they demonstrated that typical levels of urban air pollution had measurable acute effects in young, healthy individuals.
Authors
- Mark Wenig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9255-083X)
- Sheng Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1011-7486)
- Dennis Nowak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7871-8686)
- Nadine Gawlitta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7877-8168)
- Rudolf A. Jörres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9782-1117)
- Alexander Müller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9592-5606)
- Stefan Karrasch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9807-2915)
- Stefan Rakete (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4851-513X)
- Felix Forster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3670-9244)
- Jürgen Schnelle‐Kreis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4846-2303)
- Richard Winterhalter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0429-802X)
- Elisabeth Folwarczny
Institutions
- Helmholtz Zentrum München (DE)
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- Health and Safety Authority (IE)
- Hebei Meteorological Bureau (CN)
- German Center for Lung Research (DE)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Particle and Fibre Toxicology
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12989-025-00628-7
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.20
Funders
- Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz
- Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung