Particulate air pollution and the blood

Thorax

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1027-1032

  Seaton, Anthony ^a   Soutar, Anne ^a   Crawford, Vivienne ^b   Elton, Robert ^c   McNerlan, Susan ^b   Cherrie, John ^a   Watt, Monika ^a   Agius, Raymond ^c   Stout, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Blood coagulation; Cardiovascular disease; Erythrocytes; Geriatrics; Haemoglobin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032748064     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.11.1027     Document Type: Article

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