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Cardiovascular<br />

4<br />

Cardiovascular<br />

7<br />

PARTICULATE MATTER<br />

Ischaemic heart disease<br />

Heart failure<br />

8<br />

8<br />

Hospital<br />

admissions<br />

Stroke<br />

8<br />

Dysrhythmia<br />

8<br />

Cardiovascular<br />

diseases<br />

Cardiovascular<br />

9<br />

Emergency<br />

department<br />

visits<br />

PM 2.5<br />

COPD<br />

4<br />

Respiratory<br />

7<br />

Asthma<br />

11<br />

Pneumonia<br />

8<br />

Hospital<br />

admissions<br />

COPD<br />

8<br />

Respiratory<br />

13<br />

Respiratory<br />

diseases<br />

Respiratory<br />

9<br />

Respiratory<br />

17<br />

Respiratory<br />

18<br />

Emergency<br />

department<br />

visits<br />

Cardiovascular<br />

7<br />

Ischaemic heart disease<br />

8<br />

Heart failure<br />

Stroke<br />

Dysrhythmia<br />

8<br />

Hospital<br />

admissions<br />

8<br />

8<br />

Cardiovascular<br />

diseases<br />

PM 10−2.5<br />

Respiratory<br />

7<br />

Asthma<br />

11<br />

Pneumonia<br />

COPD<br />

8<br />

8<br />

Respiratory<br />

Emergency<br />

department<br />

visits<br />

Respiratory<br />

diseases<br />

et al. showed a decrease in peak flow in association with ultrafine particles but<br />

not with fine particles (326). von Klot et al. (327) found in adult asthmatics that<br />

asthma medication use increased in association with fine and ultrafine particle<br />

concentrations. The effects were more delayed (0–14 days) and stronger for those<br />

on anti-inflammatory medication than for those on bronchodilators (0–5 days).<br />

Pekkanen et al. showed an association between two-day lagged concentrations<br />

of PM2.5 and of ultrafine number concentrations and an increased risk<br />

for ischaemia during exercise in male patients with coronary artery disease in<br />

Helsinki (326). These two effects were independent of each other when tested in<br />

13<br />

267

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