Air Pollution with Particulate Matter and Mutagens : Relevance of Asian Dust to Mutagenicity of Airborne Particles in Japan

• Published in: Genes and Environment Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 120 - 136
• Main Authors: Tetsushi Watanabe, Tomohiro Hasei, Osamu Kokunai, Souleymane Coulibaly, Sachi Nishimura, Moe Fukasawa, Ryohei Takahashi, Yasuko Mori, Kosuke Fujita, Yuri Yoshihara, Yumi Miyake, Akane Kishi, Motoki Matsui, Fumikazu Ikemori, Kunihiro Funasaka, Akira Toriba, Kazuichi Hayakawa, Kei-ichi Arashidani, Yohei Inaba, Nobuyuki Sera, Yuya Deguchi, Tetsurou Seiyama, Takako Yamaguchi, Masanari Watanabe, Naoko Honda, Keiji Wakabayashi, Yukari Totsuka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: The Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society 01.08.2014

To reveal the contamination levels of ambient air with particulate matter and mutagens in Japan and the influence of their long-range transport from the Asian continent, we collected airborne particles at 10 sites, from rural sites to metropolitan areas, in central and western areas of Japan for a y...