pollution particles on red blood cells (IMAGE)

European Respiratory Society

pollution particles on red blood cells

Caption

Representative light microscopy images of carbonaceous (black) particles adherent to red blood cells (red arrows) from healthy volunteers. Each image is from a different adult volunteer. 

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ERJ Open Research

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