[Peripheral blood morphology during chronic bronchitis complicated by the effect of ozone].
In workers afflicted with chronic bronchitis (ChB) after breathing ozone leukocytosis gives place to leukopenia against development of lympho-, monocyto- and neutropenia. In contrast to the workers, in citizens who have not previously contacted ozone chronic obstructive bronchitis is characterized by leukocytosis with less expressed lympho- and neutropenia. Changes in peripheral blood in ChB patients (development of leuko-, lympho-, monocyto- and neutropenia) grow drastically in 5-8 years of ozone inhalation.