Air Pollution from Diesel Particles and Chronic Obstruction Pulmonary Disease - CT Scan Study

  • Bouzid Mohammed Unité de recherche: Matériels, Processus et Environnent, Université M'Hamed Bougara, Cite Frantz Fanon, Boumerdes, Algérie
  • Djadi Amina Unité de recherche: Matériels, Processus et Environnent, Université M'Hamed Bougara, Cite Frantz Fanon, Boumerdes, Algérie. Unité de Recherche en Analyses et Développement Technologique en Environnement (UR-ADTE), Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico – Chimiques, Bou-Ismail, Tipaza, Algérie
  • Guetaf H. Laboratoire de physiologie animale, Faculté des Science, Université M'Hamed Bougara, Cite Frantz Fanon, Boumerdes, Algérie
  • Bezzazi Boudjema Unité de recherche: Matériels, Processus et Environnent, Université M'Hamed Bougara, Cite Frantz Fanon, Boumerdes, Algérie

Abstract

Health problems have been observed in rabbits at low DEP concentration. The subject (animal) showed signs of chronic obstruction pulmonary disease (COPD). CT scan of the biopsy reveals significant emphysematous lesions. DEP grain causes inflammation of lung tissues around sites of deposition. Observations of tissue after formalin fixation reveal brown spots around the points of impact. It also reveals the double organic and inorganic aspect of DEPs. The organic compounds dissolve through slow diffusion in the lung physiological fluid while the inorganic part is partly handled by macrophages (phagocytosis).

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Published
2017-02-28
How to Cite
Mohammed, B., Amina, D., H., G., & Boudjema, B. (2017). Air Pollution from Diesel Particles and Chronic Obstruction Pulmonary Disease - CT Scan Study. European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 13(6), 504. https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2017.v13n6p504