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Lung deposited dose of UFP and PM for cyclists and car passengers in Belgium

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Commuter cyclists experience short episodes of high exposure to traffic born air pollution that have potential adverse health effects. We have compared respiratory parameters and exposure to Ultrafine Particles, PM2.5 and PM10 for persons who cycled and drove identical trajectories in three Belgian locations in a pair-wise design. Differences in lung deposited doses are large and consistent across locations. Physical activity significantly increases exposure of cyclists to traffic exhaust. Additional analyses of physiological parameters reveal changes in exhaled NO, serum BDNF and % blood neutrophile cells, but we hypothesize that these effects do not offset the overall health benefits of cycling.

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  1. Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium

    Luc Int Panis, Hanny Willems, Bart Degraeuwe, Nico Bleux & Inge Bos

  2. Transportation Research Institute (IMOB), Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium

    Luc Int Panis

  3. Human Physiology & Sports Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

    Inge Bos & Bas de Geus

  4. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Unit of Lung Toxicology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Lotte Jacobs, Romain Meeusen & Tim Nawrot

  5. C.O.R.E. and Dept. of Geography, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium

    Grégory Vandenbulcke & Isabelle Thomas

  6. Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium

    Tim Nawrot

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Panis, L.I. et al. (2012). Lung deposited dose of UFP and PM for cyclists and car passengers in Belgium. In: Rauch, S., Morrison, G. (eds) Urban Environment. Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2540-9_16

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