Table 5.

Hematological parameters.

Parameter	Treatment	Exposure duration (days)
		1	4	8	15	30
Erythrocytes (M/μL)	Air	4.86 ± 0.58	6.64 ± 0.23	7.27 ± 0.17	7.25 ± 0.50	7.07 ± 0.42
	ABS	5.15 ± 0.42	6.76 ± 0.15	6.90 ± 0.30	7.43 ± 0.32	7.01 ± 0.97
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	Air	10.05 ± 1.20	13.06 ± 0.39	13.79 ± 0.18	13.15 ± 0.86	12.09 ± 0.68
	ABS	10.54 ± 0.80	13.18 ± 0.18	12.91 ± 0.56	13.58 ± 0.54	12.05 ± 1.68
Hematocrit	Air	32.23 ± 2.27	38.57 ± 1.22	40.40 ± 0.94	37.61 ± 2.74	34.93 ± 2.27
(%)	ABS	30.43 ± 2.63	39.11 ± 0.43	37.84 ± 1.88	39.33 ± 1.87	34.95 ± 4.86
MCV	Air	59.64 ± 0.85	58.19 ± 0.66	55.64 ± 0.53	51.75 ± 0.37	49.31 ± 0.39
(fL)	ABS	59.00 ± 0.77	57.96 ± 0.85	54.79 ± 0.54	53.00 ± 0.47	49.13 ± 0.92
MCH	Air	20.71 ± 0.24	19.70 ± 0.18	19.01 ± 0.25	18.18 ± 0.11	17.14 ± 0.12
(pg)	ABS	20.47 ± 0.16	19.54 ± 0.29	18.71 ± 0.16	18.30 ± 0.12	16.68 ± 0.55
MCHC	Air	34.76 ± 0.38	33.87 ± 0.21	34.20 ± 0.43	35.16 ± 0.38	34.75 ± 0.34
(g/dL)	ABS	34.70 ± 0.39	33.70 ± 0.29	34.24 ± 0.29	34.54 ± 0.39	33.94 ± 0.57
RDW-CV	Air	14.71 ± 0.17	14.99 ± 0.31	16.14 ± 0.47	16.78 ± 0.74	19.49 ± 0.88
(%)	ABS	14.42 ± 0.31	15.55 ± 0.56	15.93 ± 0.38	17.71 ± 0.60	20.10 ± 0.78
Reticulocytes (K/uL)	Air	323.79 ± 19	304.61 ± 14	222.24 ± 15	197.94 ± 14	201.98 ± 12
	ABS	311.38 ± 33	324.55 ± 13	215.20 ± 11	221.35 ± 10	243.14 ± 10
Reticulocytes	Air	6.06 ± 0.19	4.60 ± 0.19	3.08 ± 0.24	2.73 ± 0.05	2.86 ± 0.08
(%)	ABS	5.74 ± 0.23	4.82 ± 0.25	3.21 ± 0.32	2.96 ± 0.04	3.05 ± 0.14
Platelets	Air	566.67 ± 56	765.80 ± 53	643.43 ± 158	438.20 ± 167	415.50 ± 109
(K/μL)	ABS	415.67 ± 102	700.20 ± 98	592.17 ± 137	838.67 ± 83*	675.80 ± 89
PDW	Air	8.30 ± 0.27	8.28 ± 0.06	8.36 ± 0.25	8.44 ± 0.45	8.47 ± 0.12
(fL)	ABS	8.00 ± 0.60	8.43 ± 0.22	8.78 ± 0.34	7.95 ± 0.16	8.39 ± 0.14
MPV	Air	7.00 ± 0.17	7.30 ± 0.05	7.16 ± 0.17	7.22 ± 0.25	7.07 ± 0.07
(fL)	ABS	6.75 ± 0.65	7.28 ± 0.08	7.42 ± 0.20	6.83 ± 0.11	7.05 ± 0.16
Leukocytes (K/μL)	Air	4.26 ± 0.72	5.01 ± 0.64	4.41 ± 0.66	4.31 ± 0.57	3.75 ± 0.64
	ABS	2.44 ± 0.65	5.71 ± 0.76	4.59 ± 0.48	4.46 ± 0.47	3.93 ± 0.64
% Neutrophils	Air	6.08 ± 1.12	8.79 ± 1.72	9.82 ± 0.90	8.80 ± 0.73	13.11 ± 1.31
	ABS	4.77 ± 0.87	8.59 ± 0.82	9.78 ± 1.72	11.85 ± 1.18	15.84 ± 1.86
% Lymphocytes	Air	89.34 ± 1.59	87.17 ± 2.47	84.86 ± 1.56	87.13 ± 0.88	80.24 ± 2.98
	ABS	92.58 ± 1.32	86.45 ± 1.32	85.15 ± 2.51	80.56 ± 2.51	77.38 ± 2.23
% Monocytes	Air	2.42 ± 0.22	2.37 ± 0.65	2.50 ± 0.57	2.20 ± 0.28	1.56 ± 0.16
	ABS	1.65 ± 0.19	2.21 ± 0.25	1.85 ± 0.40	3.80 ± 0.51*	2.18 ± 0.38
% Eosinophils	Air	1.24 ± 0.27	1.56 ± 0.54	3.05 ± 0.90	1.71 ± 0.19	5.66 ± 1.92
	ABS	1.16 ± 0.37	1.60 ± 0.28	3.04 ± 0.97	2.60 ± 0.76	4.35 ± 0.87
% Basophils	Air	0.30 ± 0.03	0.27 ± 0.07	0.28 ± 0.06	0.16 ± 0.07	0.38 ± 0.07
	ABS	0.18 ± 0.02	0.27 ± 0.04	0.25 ± 0.03	0.23 ± 0.02	0.35 ± 0.06

Values represents means ± SEMs; n = 8/group/time point.

^*p < 0.05 versus air-control group.