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SANCIANGCO, ARIC ANTONIN (APA format) Summative Report of Related Literature LUIGI R. 6. SIOJO, this study was S. Nikoli, M., Niki, D., & The aim of DANIELLA ERIKAto evaluate GROUP NUMBER: 8 SECTION: 4H-MT SCORE: Stankovi, A. (2008). Effects of any effects in red blood cells in children GROUP MEMBERS: blood cells in exposed to air pollution. DATE: subjects air pollution on red The JULY 3, 2012 children. Polish J. of Environ. were 354 pupils, aged 11-14 years, living 1. ABALOS, ANNELIESE Y. Stud, 17(2), 267-271. Retrieved for more than ten years in the same 2. fromLUSTRE, ALFRED CHRISTOPHER G. home. The exposed group of children 3. RACOMA, JORNDEL A. http://www.pjoes.com/pdf/17.2/2 was attending school in a city area with a 67-271.pdf high level of air pollution, while the children in the non-exposed group, were attending school in an area with a lower level of air pollution. The mean value of hemoglobin (g/mL) for exposed children was 10.97 0.38 and 11.09 0.78 for non-exposed children. The obtained venous blood was analyzed for hemoglobin concentration and total red blood cell counts. The presence of anemia was diagnosed according to the following criteria: hemoglobin <120 g/l and erythrocyte count< 4.3x1012/l. According to Nikoli, et al, toxic materials from the air lead to significant damage of red blood cells such as reduced hemoglobin concentrations, the number of erythrocytes and hematocrit, thus leading to anemia. Air pollutants in the environment damage cell immunity and can change the course of iron metabolism, resulting in iron-deficient anemia with very low values of hematocrit and hemoglobin. In conclusion, the researchers found that children exposed to higher levels of air pollution had an elevated prevalence of anemia. The study shows that even exposure to low levels of environmental pollutants is hazardous to the childrens health.

Poursafa, P., Kelishadi, R., Amini, A., Amini, A., Amin, M., Lahijanzadeh, M., & Modaresi, M. (2011). Association of air pollution and hematologic parameters in children and adolescents. Jornal de Pediatria Based on some studies, there has been 87(4), 350-6. an association between hematological Retrieved from parameters and the pro-inflammatory http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ state related to cardiometabolic risk pubmed/21842113 factors. A study conducted in Taiwan