<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oberdörster, Günter</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alison Elder</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jack Finkelstein</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mark Frampton</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phil Hopke</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Annette Peters</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kim Prather</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Erich Wichmann</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mark Utell</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Assessment of Ambient UFP Health Effects : Linking sources to exposure and responses in extrapulmonary organs</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">January 27, 2010</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://epa.gov/ncer/publications/epa_center_reports/rochester_pm_assessment_of_ambient_ufp_he.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">35 p.</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">English</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This report shows that ultrafine air particles (particulate matter or PM) can cause significant health effects in the respiratory, vascular, and cardiac systems, especially in the elderly and those with atherosclerotic vascular disease. The center found that ultrafine particulate matter is easily transported from the respiratory tract to other organs, such as the heart and central nervous system, potentially causing oxidative stress in those organs. Age and disease were found to be critical modifying or susceptibility factors. Researchers also found that impacts on the circulatory system could be worse for those with atherosclerotic vascular disease, such as seen in type 2 diabetes.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>