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Summary Of: Particulate matter

Sources of particulate matter can be man made or natural... The effects of inhaling particulate matter has been widely studied in humans and animals and include... but particulate matter smaller than about 10 micrometres... has been agreed upon for monitoring of airborne particulate matter by most regulatory agencies... It has been suggested that particulate matter can cause similar brain damage as that found in... The most concentrated particulate matter pollution tends to be in densely populated metropolitan areas in developing countries... Particulate matter from tobacco versus diesel car exhaust...

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