Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học 'Respiratory Research cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: "The effect of refurbishing a UK steel plant on PM10 metal composition and ability to induce inflammation. | BioMed Central Respiratory Research Research Open Access The effect of refurbishing a UK steel plant on PM10 metal composition and ability to induce inflammation Gary R Hutchison 1 David M Brown1 Leon R Hibbs2 Mathew R Heal2 Ken Donaldson3 Robert L Maynard4 Michelle Monaghan1 Andy Nicholl5 and Vicki Stone1 Address 1Biomedicine Research Group Napier University Edinburgh EH10 5DT UK 2School of Chemistry University of Edinburgh West Mains Road Edinburgh UK 3ELEGI COLT Research Laboratory Medical School University of Edinburgh UK 4Department of Health UK Skipton House 80 London Road London SE1 6LH UK and institute of Occupational Medicine Research Park North Riccarton Edinburgh EH14 4AP Scotland UK Email Gary R Hutchison - David M Brown - Leon R Hibbs - Mathew R Heal - Ken Donaldson - Robert L Maynard - Michelle Monaghan - Andy Nicholl - Vicki Stone - Corresponding author Published 18 May 2005 Received 23 December 2004 Respiratory Research 2005 6 43 doi l465-992l-6-43 Accepted 18 May 2005 This article is available from http content 6 l 43 2005 Hutchison et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background In the year 2000 Corus closed its steel plant operations in Redcar NE of England temporarily for refurbishment of its blast furnace. This study investigates the impact of the closure on the chemical composition and biological activity of PMl0 collected in the vicinity of the steel plant. Methods The metal content of PMl0 samples collected before during and after the .
