Journal of Bioanalysis & Biomedicine

Paola Pedata

Publications

• Review Article
  Role of Ultrafine Nanoparticles in Lung Cancer
  Author(s): Livia Malorni, MariaGrazia Langella, Ivo Iavicoli and Paola PedataLivia Malorni, MariaGrazia Langella, Ivo Iavicoli and Paola Pedata
  
  Lung cancer is the most widely recognized disease and it is the main reason of cancer demise in men and the second driving reason for tumor passing, after breast cancer, in ladies. Recently, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has categorized particulate matter, a large element of air pollution, as cancer-causing to people, supported adequate proof that exposure is related to associate multiplied risk of lung carcinoma. Urban particles consist of three modes: ultrafine particles (UFPs), accumulation mode particles and coarse particles. UFPs (<0.1 μm diameter) contribute very little to the total mass, but are very high in number in the urban air. The potential of particles to cause unfavorable health effects is connected to their capability to enter the lungs, probably carrying variety of cytotoxic compounds with them. UFPs have vital health effects as a result.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/1948-593X.1000187

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