title: Age related increase in the intra-alveolar macrophage population of non-smokers.
abstract: The alveolar macrophage population is higher in smokers than in non-smokers. An age related increase in the alveolar macrophage number in the lungs of non-smokers has been found, whether expressed per unit lung volume or per unit lung surface area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Edinburgh University Medical School.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gillooly
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lamb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D002452:Cell Count; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012907:Smoking