Kent Pinkerton, MS, PhD: Effects of environmental gases and particulates on lung structure and function; cell-to-cell interactions in acute and chronic lung injury; mechanisms of synergism between combined environmental pollutants; effects of ultrafine soot and transition metals, ammonium nitrate and carbon particles and environmental tobacco smoke on lung growth and development; effects of concentrated airborne particles from the Central Valley of California on cardiopulmonary function of healthy adult rodents. Effects of environmental gases and particulates on lung structure and function; cell-to-cell interactions in acute and chronic lung injury; mechanisms of synergism between combined environmental pollutants; effects of ultrafine soot and transition metals, ammonium nitrate and carbon particles and environmental tobacco smoke on lung growth and development; effects of concentrated airborne particles from the Central Valley of California on cardiopulmonary function of healthy adult rodents.
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