Journal: Environmental Research / Subject: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and air / Text Availability: Full Text

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Author:: Jung, Kyung Hwa; Perzanowski, Matthew; Rundle, Andrew; Moors, Kathleen; Yan, Beizhan; Chillrud, Steven N.; Whyatt, Robin; Camann, David; Perera, Frederica P.; Miller, Rachel L.
Source:: Environmental Research 2014 v.128 pp. 35-41
ISSN:: 0013-9351
Subject:: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; air; air pollution; asthma; benzo(a)pyrene; body mass index; childhood; childhood obesity; children; combustion; emissions; environmental health; equations; models; monitoring; pollutants; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; questionnaires; risk factors; traffic; urban population
Abstract:: ... Exposure to traffic-related air pollutants, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from traffic emissions and other combustion sources, and childhood obesity, have been implicated as risk factors for developing asthma. However, the interaction between these two on asthma among young urban children has not been studied previously.Exposure to early childhood PAHs was measured by two week ...
DOI:: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.12.002
PubMed:: 24407477
PubMed Central:: PMC3912566
: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2013.12.002