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. 2002 Feb;86(2):79–83. doi: 10.1136/adc.86.2.79

The health effects of fossil fuel derived particles

J Grigg 1
PMCID: PMC1761059  PMID: 11827898

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The air pollution mixture (adapted from Health Effects Institute42).

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Diesel particles sampled from an exhaust pipe, and examined by electron microscopy. Single carbonaceous ultrafine particles and aggregates of ultrafine particles are present (scale bar 100 nm).

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Annual mean exposure to PM10 across Leicester (UK), generated by the Leicester City Council air pollution model. Areas of the highest exposure to PM10 are in red and orange; these track with heavily used roads and motorways.

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