This study investigated the effects of air pollutants on birth weight among term infants who were born in California during 1975-1987 and who participated in the Children’s Health Study.
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French researchers have reported that short-term ozone exposure within a period of 1 to 2 days is related to acute coronary events in middle-aged adults without heart disease, and that nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide are not.
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This study evaluated cardiac arrhythmias in patients with implanted cardioverter defibrillators in association with various measures of community air pollution.
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This study assessed effects of chronic exposure to air pollutants in University of California, Berkeley freshmen who were lifelong residents of the Los Angeles or San Francisco Bay areas.
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Outdoor workers are considered populations at risk of ozone exposure, because of the time they spend out of doors and the increased dose they receive due to exercise.
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Young children may be particularly sensitive to ozone because significant lung development continues after birth. This study followed close to 700 infants born in southwestern Virginia during the summer months in 1995 and 1996.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency commissioned 3 meta-analyses of studies of ozone and mortality. Three separate research groups were asked to conduct a meta-analysis, using their own methods and study selection criteria. All three studies report a small but substantial association between daily ozone levels and total mortality.
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Ozone air pollution has been associated with changes in daily mortality, but because high ozone days are generally quite hot, researchers seek to separate out the effect of temperature.
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Using susceptibility criteria compiled from major regulatory and research reports, this study found that within the New England, New Jersey, and New York study areas, 38 percent of the population is under age 18 or over age 65 — age groups considered especially sensitive to PM pollution effects.
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An analysis of air quality monitoring data found that 78 percent of the U.S. population could be protected if EPA lowers both the daily and annual average air quality standards for fine particles.
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