%0 Journal Article %1 citeulike:13837178 %A Seaton, Anthony %A Soutar, Anne %A Crawford, Vivienne %A Elton, Robert %A McNerlan, Susan %A Cherrie, John %A Watt, Monika %A Agius, Raymond %A Stout, Robert %D 1999 %I BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society %J Thorax %K air\_pollution, air\_quality, citeulikeExport fbc, haematology, marker, pathology, pm10 %N 11 %P 1027--1032 %R 10.1136/thx.54.11.1027 %T Particulate air pollution and the blood %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thx.54.11.1027 %V 54 %X BACKGROUND 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.

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