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SUBMITTER: Mehus AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4479787 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 20150701 7
<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the comparative acute health effects associated with exposures to diesel and 75% biodiesel/25% diesel (B75) blend fuel emissions.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed multiple health endpoints in 48 healthy adults before and after exposures to diesel and B75 emissions in an underground mine setting-lung function, lung and systemic inflammation, novel biomarkers of exposure, and oxidative stress were assessed.<h4>Results</h4>B75 reduced respirable diesel particulate matter ...[more]