Research Project Articles

Final report: Determination of reactive oxygen species activity in PM and enhanced exposure assessment for the NIH, NIEHS study entitled: Ultrafine particulate matter and cardiorespiratory health.

Articles funded by the contract:

• Arhami, M., Polidori, A., Delfino, R. J., Tjoa, T., Sioutas, C. "Associations between Personal, Indoor, and Residential Outdoor Pollutant Concentrations: Implications for Exposure Assessment to Size-Fractionated Particulate Matter." Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association 59.4 (2009): 392-404.
  
  
• Arhami, M.; Minguillon, M.C.; Polidori, A.; Schauer, J.J.; Delfino, R.J.; Sioutas, C. "Organic compound characterization and source apportionment of indoor and outdoor quasi-ultrafine particulate matter in retirement homes of the Los Angeles Basin." Indoor Air 20.1 (2010): 17-30.
  
  
• Delfino, Ralph J.; Gillen, Daniel; Tjoa, Thomas; Staimer, Norbert; Polidori, Andrea; Arhami, Mohammad; Sioutas, Constantinos; Longhurst, John. "Electrocardiographic ST-Segment Depression and Exposure to Traffic-Related Aerosols in Elderly Subjects with Coronary Artery Disease." Environmental Health Perspectives 119.2 (2011): 196-202.
  
  
• Delfino, Ralph J.; Staimer, Norbert; Tjoa, Thomas; Arhami, Mohammad; Polidori, Andrea; Gillen, Daniel L.; Kleinman, Michael T.; Schauer, James J.; Sioutas, Constantinos. "Association of Biomarkers of Systemic Inflammation with Organic Components and Source Tracers in Quasi-Ultrafine Particles." Environmental Health Perspectives 118.6 (2010): 756-762.
  
  
• Delfino, Ralph J.; Staimer, Norbert; Tjoa, Thomas; Gillen, Daniel L.; Polidori, Andrea; Arhami, Mohammad; Kleinman, Micheal T.; Vaziri, Nosratola D.; Longhurst, John; Sioutas, Constantinos. "Air Pollution Exposures and Circulating Biomarkers of Effect in a Susceptible Population: Clues to Potential Causal Component mixtures and mechanisms." Environmental Health Perspectives 117.8 (2009): 1232-1238.
  
  
• Delfino, Ralph J.; Staimer, Norbert; Tjoa, Thomas; Polidori, Andrea; Arhami, Mohammad; Gillen, Daniel L.; Kleinman, Micheal T.; Vaziri, Nosratola D.; Longhurst, John; Zaldivar, Frank; Sioutas, Constantinos. "Circulating Biomarkers of Inflammation, Antioxidant Activity, and Platelet Activation Are Associated with Primary Combustion Aerosols in Subjects with Coronary Artery Disease." Environmental Health Perspectives 116.7 (2008): 898-906.
  
  
• Delfino, Ralph J.; Tjoa, Thomas; Gillen, Daniel L.; Staimer, Norbert; Polidori, Andrea; Arhami, Mohammad; Jamner, Larry; Sioutas, Constantinos; Longhurst, John. "Traffic-related Air Pollution and Blood Pressure in Elderly Subjects with Coronary Artery Disease." Epidemiology 21.3 (2010): 396-404.
  
  
• Gorham, Katrine A.; Anderson, Mads P. Sulbaek; Meinardi, Simone; Delfino, Ralph J.; Staimer, Norbert; Tjoa, Thomas; Rowland, F. Sherwood; Blake, Donald R. "Ethane and n-pentane in exhaled breath are biomarkers of exposure not effect." Biomarkers 14.1 (2009): 17-25.
  
  
• Polidori, A., Arhami, M., Sioutas, C., Delfino, R. J., Allen, R. "Indoor/Outdoor Relationships, Trends, and Carbonaceous Content of Fine Particulate Matter in Retirement Homes of the Los Angeles Basin." Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association 57.3 (2007): 366-379.
  
  
• Polidori, A.; Cheung, K.L.; Arhami, M.; Delfino, R.J.; Schauer, J.J.; Sioutas, C. "Relationships between size-fractionated indoor and outdoor trace elements at four retirement communities in Southern California." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions 9 (2009): 4931-4969.
  
  
• Shinyashiki, Masaru; Rodriguez, Chester; Di Stefano, Emma W.; Sioutas, Constantinos; Delfino, Ralph J.; Kumagai, Yoshito; Froines, John R.; Cho, Arthur K. "On the interaction between glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and airborne particles: Evidence for electrophilic species." Atmospheric Environment 42.3 (2008): 517-529.