Fine particulate matter in urban air can also impair the blood values of generally healthy people

As a rule, the changes in the blood values of people exposed to fine particles were harmful to health. The health impacts related to the size and composition of small particles found in the air of Chinese city Guangzhou were studied by monitoring the state of health of the participants in the panel survey.

Survey was organised by Sun Yat-Sen University for five weeks at the turn of the year 2017-2018. Health data were linked with the size and chemical composition of fine particles measured at the same time.

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Researcher Ari Leskinen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, tel. +358 50 522 9148, ari.leskinen@fmi.fi

Guo P.-Y., He Z.-Z., Jalaludin B., Knibbs L.D., Leskinen A., Roponen M., Komppula M., Jalava P., Hu L.-W., Chen G., Zeng X.-W., Yang B.-Y. & Dong G.-H. 2021. Short-term effects of particle size and constituents on blood pressure in healthy young adults in Guangzhou, China. J Am Heart Assoc., 10, e019063

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Feng D, Cao, K., He Z.-Z., Knibbs L.D., Jalaludin B., Leskinen A., Roponen M., Komppula M., Jalava P., Guo P.-Y., Xu S.-L., Yang B.-Y., Hu L.-W., Zeng X.-W., Chen G., Yu H.-Y., Lin L. & Dong G. 2021. Short-term effects of particle sizes and constituents on blood biomarkers among healthy young adults in Guangzhou, China. Environ. Sci. Technol., 55, 5636-5647,

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He Z.-Z., Guo P.-Y., Xu S.-L., Zhou Y., Jalaludin B., Leskinen A., Knibbs L.D., Heinrich J., Morawska L., Yim S.H.L., Bui D., Komppula M., Roponen M., Hu L., Chen G., Zeng X.-W., Yu Y., Yang B.-Y. & Dong G.-H. 2021. Associations of particulate matter sizes and chemical constituents with blood lipids: A panel study in Guangzhou, China. Environ. Sci. Technol., 55, 5065-5075,

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