Open AccessDiesel Exhaust
Author(s) -
Frumkin Howard,
Thun Michael J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.51.3.193
Subject(s) - diesel fuel , diesel exhaust , exhaust gas recirculation , diesel engine , compressed natural gas , waste management , winter diesel fuel , environmental science , diesel cycle , diesel particulate filter , diesel exhaust fluid , combustion , petrol engine , internal combustion engine , particulates , exhaust gas , gasoline , automotive engineering , engineering , chemistry , mechanical engineering , organic chemistry
193 Exposure to diesel exhaust continues to be widespread in industrialized and developing countries. Trucks, buses, trains, construction and farm equipment, generators, ships, and some cars have diesel engines. Exhaust from these engines brings a complex mixture of combustion particulates and gases to roadways, cities, farms, and other workplaces. Health concerns about diesel exhaust relate not only to cancer, but also to respiratory and heart diseases.