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- Title
Particulate air pollution and the blood.
- Authors
Seaton, A; Soutar, A; Crawford, V; Elton, R; McNerlan, S; Cherrie, J; Watt, M; Agius, R; Stout, R
- Abstract
Particulate air pollution has been associated with excess deaths from, and increases in hospital admissions for, cardiovascular disease among older people. A study was undertaken to determine whether this may be a consequence of alterations in the blood, secondary to pulmonary inflammation caused by the action of fine particles on alveolar cells, by repeatedly measuring haematological factors in older people and relating them to measurements of exposure to airborne particles.
- Publication
Thorax, 1999, Vol 54, Issue 11, p1027
- ISSN
0040-6376
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/thx.54.11.1027