Truck Traffic Contributes to Childhood Asthma Hospitalizations
A study in Erie County, New York (excluding the city of Buffalo) has shown that children living in neighborhoods with heavy truck or trailer traffic within 200 meters of their homes had increased risks of asthma hospitalization.
The study examined hospital admission for asthma amongst children ages 0-14, and residential proximity to roads with heavy traffic.
Lin, S., Munsie, J.P., Hwang, S.-A., Fitzgerald, E., and Cayo, M.R. Childhood Asthma Hospitalization and Residential Exposure to State Route Traffic. Environmental Research, Section A, Vol. 88, pp. 73-81, 2002.
Environmental Research [www.idealibrary.com] offers the abstract online.
