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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Pulmonary Medicine Volume 2012, Article ID 736290, 9 pages doi:10.1155/2012/736290 Research Article The Effect of Ventilation, Age, and Asthmatic Condition on Ultrafine Particle Deposition in Children Hector A. Olvera,1, 2 Daniel Perez,2 Juan W. Clague,3 Yung-Sung Cheng,4 Wen-Whai Li,2 Maria A. Amaya,5 Scott W. Burchiel,6 Marianne Berwick,6 and Nicholas E. Pingitore3, 5 1 Center for Environmental Resource Management, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA 2 Civil Engineering Department, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA 3 Geological Sciences Department, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA 4 Aerosol and Dosimetry Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, 2425 Ridgecrest Dr. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108-5127, USA 5 School of Nursing, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA 6 Center for Environmental Health Sciences, University of New Mexico, Los Lunas, NM 87131, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Hector A. Olvera, holvera@ Received 15 October 2011; Revised 10 April 2012; Accepted 24 April 2012 Academic Editor: Cecilie Svanes Copyright © 2012 Hector A. Olvera et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Ultrafine particles (UFPs) contribute to health risks associated with air pollution, especially respiratory disease in children. Nonetheless, experimental data on UFP deposition in asthmatic children has been minimal. In this study, t