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Targeting the components most responsible for airborne particulate matter health risks

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Exposure to ambient air particulate matter (PM) causes more mortality and morbidity than any other regulated environmental pollutant, but PM is ill defined (US Environmental Protection Agency, 2004). Although regulations to protect people from PM have progressively improved, the ultimate goal is to identify the components most responsible for adverse effects so regulations can be more targeted.

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Lippmann, M. Targeting the components most responsible for airborne particulate matter health risks. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 20, 117–118 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/jes.2010.1

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