Lifetime air pollution exposure and asthma in a pediatric birth cohort

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018 May;141(5):1932-1934.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.11.062. Epub 2018 Feb 2.

Abstract

In this area where air quality is within EPA standards, living close to a major road was associated with early- and mid-childhood asthma, and lifetime exposure to particles was associated with early asthma, and also, mid-childhood asthma among girls only.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Air Pollutants / immunology*
  • Air Pollution / adverse effects*
  • Asthma / immunology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Environmental Exposure / adverse effects
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male

Substances

  • Air Pollutants