Early Childhood Lower Respiratory Illness and Air Pollution

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Authors

Irva Hertz‐Picciotto · University of California, Davis

Rebecca J. Baker · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Poh‐Sin Yap · University of California, Davis

Miroslav Dostál · Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Medicine

Jesse P. Joad · University of California, Davis

Michael Lipsett · University of California, San Francisco

Teri Greenfield

Abstract

Ambient PAHs and fine particles were associated with early-life susceptibility to bronchitis. Associations were stronger for longer pollutant-averaging periods and, among children > 2 years of age, for PAHs compared with fine particles. Preschool-age children may be particularly vulnerable to air pollution-induced illnesses.

Topics & Keywords

Air Quality and Health Impacts Noise Effects and Management Climate Change and Health Impacts

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Environmental Health Perspectives

Volume 115, Issue 10, pp. 1510-1518

DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9617

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