Ambient Levels of Air Pollution Induce Goblet-Cell Hyperplasia in Human Conjunctival Epithelium

BACKGROUND: Ocular mucosa is exposed constantly to the external environment, and chronic exposure to air pollution may affect the ocular surface. OBJECTIVE: We assessed the effect of air pollution on the ocular surface by combining determinations of individual exposure and conjunctival impression cy...

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Autores principales: Novaes, Priscila, do Nascimento Saldiva, Paulo Hilário, Kara-José, Newton, Macchione, Mariângela, Matsuda, Monique, Racca, Lourdes, Berra, Alejandro
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2007
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2137119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18087595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.10363

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