According to this article, older adults with long-term exposure to higher levels of pollution are at higher risk for hospitalization for pneumonia. Pneumonia is a leading cause of sickness and death among older adults, and rates of hospitalizations for pneumonia among patients 65 and older have been increasing in recent years.
http://www.biology-online.org/articles/pollution-linked-hospitalizations-pneumonia-older.html
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