microm in aerodynamic diameter (PM (10)) collected from the urban air in São Paulo, Brazil,
to the mucociliary apparatus using the frog palate preparation. Seven groups of frog palates
were immersed in different concentrations of PM (10) diluted in Ringer's solution during 120
min: 0 (control, n= 31); 50 (n= 10); 100 (n= 9); 500 (n= 28); 1,000 (n= 10); 5,000 (n= 11); and
10,000 microg/m (3)(n= 10). Mucociliary transport and transepithelial potential difference …