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Figure 3 | Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Figure 3

From: Particulate matter and atherosclerosis: role of particle size, composition and oxidative stress

Figure 3

PM effects on atherosclerotic lesions in animal studies. The relative increment in atherosclerotic lesions induced by PM exposures over filtered-air controls is displayed (%) Atherosclerotic lesions were assessed by histological analysis of aortic cross-sections, en-face assessment of the whole aorta or ultrasound biomicroscopy depending on the study. Mode of atherosclerotic lesion assessment and references for each study are shown in Table 3. HFD = High fat diet. * p < 0.05 in comparison with the corresponding filtered-air controls.

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