Living near a freeway may bring an increased risk of asthma according to researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
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A study of California infants who were born full term has shown a small but consistent effect of PM2.5 on birth weight.
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A multi-decade study published in Environmental Health Perspectives reports that women who live in areas with greater coarse and fine particle concentrations have a higher risk of developing and dying from coronary heart disease.
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The long term effects of air pollution on mortality were studied in 14,284 adults who lived in seven French cities.
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Earlier studies of long-term health risks of air pollution relied on estimates of community average exposures which may entail measurement error, thus lowering the estimate of health risks attributable to poor air quality.
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In 1993, the results of the landmark Harvard Six Cities cohort study were published reporting an association between long-term exposures to particulate air pollution and premature deaths. Now, researchers have extended the mortality follow-up in this study by eight additional years, during a period of reduced air pollution concentrations.
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This study examined short-term associations of air pollution exposures with lymphocyte immunophenotypes in cord blood about nearly 1,400 deliveries in two regions of the Czech Republic.
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A study of 60 newborns in New York City suggests that prenatal exposure to combustion-related urban air pollutants alters the structure of chromosomes of babies in the womb.
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Researchers at the University of North Carolina have reported an increased risk of preterm delivery associated with exposure to PM10 and sulfur dioxide during the last 6 weeks of pregnancy.
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A study of 270 diabetes patients in Boston used baseline data from earlier clinical trials to compare with 24-hour concentrations for PM2.5, sulfates, and black carbon.
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