Benefits of improved air quality on the aging lungs
Conclusions: Reduction of air pollution is associated with a relative improvement of lung function, still on-going in subjects >75 years. Inflammation might play an important role to healthy lung aging. This will be further investigated in a comprehensive gene-environment interaction study.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Hüls, A., Sugiri, D., Abramson, M. J., Hoffmann, B., Krämer, U., Schikowski, T. Tags: Occupational and Environmental Health Source Type: research
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