Association of lung function in a panel of young healthy adults with various chemical components of ambient fine particulate air pollution in Beijing, China

Our findings suggest that PM2.5 and several metallic components may be the major air pollutants that contribute to the lung function changes. These findings may help achieve a better understanding of the features of a complex air pollution mixture that are most deleterious to health, and may also have implications for more targeted and effective pollution regulations aiming to improve the public health.