Exposure to moderate air pollution during late pregnancy and cord blood cytokine secretion in healthy neonates.

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Ambient air pollution can alter cytokine concentrations as shown in vitro and following short-term exposure to high air pollution levels in vivo. Exposure to pollution during late pregnancy has been shown to affect fetal lymphocytic immunophenotypes. However, effects of prenat...

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Main Authors: Philipp Latzin, Urs Frey, Jakob Armann, Elisabeth Kieninger, Oliver Fuchs, Martin Röösli, Bianca Schaub
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3149643?pdf=render