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AIR QUALITY GUIDELINES<br />

blood–brain barrier of the central nervous system, and provides a direct route<br />

for inhaled PM into the nervous system without transport via the systemic circulation.<br />

A comparable pathway for translocation of soluble transition metal<br />

compounds has also been postulated (185–187) but such a pathway may not be<br />

limited to ultrafine particles, as soluble manganese particles in the 1–2-μm size<br />

range appeared to translocate to the brain, specifically the olfactory bulb, following<br />

inhalation exposure (188). Ultrafine particles have also been found to translocate<br />

from the respiratory tract to the liver (189–192).<br />

Ultrafine particles may show greater toxicity than larger size modes owing to<br />

an enhanced ability to induce cellular damage by differentially affecting cellular<br />

organelles (177).<br />

Ideally, attempts to compare effects due to size mode should use PM from the<br />

same geographical area. Huang et al. (193) exposed human bronchial epithelial<br />

cells to extracts of particles collected from ambient air in Taiwan, China, in three<br />

size ranges: PM1.0 (

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