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Reduced levels of alpha-1-antitrypsin in children exposed to high levels of air pollution.
Biology of the neonate - 1 Jan 1993
Dziegielewska K M, Guminska M, Matthews N, Saunders N R, Wilkinson G
Abstract excerpt
Health risks associated with environmental pollution, particularly in Eastern Europe, are a cause for concern. In order to gain some insight into the effects of exposure to high levels of air pollution particularly by heavy metals, we measured the concentration of nine plasma proteins in plasma samples from newborn babies and 5- to 6-year old children living in heavily polluted areas of Poland, as well as from...
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