Can traffic-related air pollution cause asthma?

Can traffic-related air pollution cause asthma?

Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Childhood Asthma

Assuming an average latency of 42 years, the authors predict that incidence rates will peak in 2009 and that diagnoses will peak in 2014. However, they caution that ongoing use of chrysotile asbestos (which has been implicated but not conclusively established as a cause of mesothelioma) and the release of asbestos fibers from older buildings during demolition or reno­ vation may slow the projec...

Traffic-related air pollution, genetics and asthma development in children.

quite well. In six of the seven false negative US examinations, chest CT identified malignancy based on parenchy-mal opacities, adenopathy or the identification of metastatic disease. Although well conducted, there are several methodological issues that may limit generalisability of the results. First, there was a high incidence of MPE (especially mesothelioma) in this study population. The pro...

Traffic-Related Air Pollution, Oxidative Stress Genes, and Asthma (ECHRS)

BACKGROUND Traffic-related air pollution is related with asthma, and this association may be modified by genetic factors. OBJECTIVES We investigated the role of genetic polymorphisms potentially modifying the association between home outdoor levels of modeled nitrogen dioxide and asthma. METHODS Adults from 13 cities of the second European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS II) were...

Traffic-related air pollution and brain development

Automotive traffic-related air pollution (TRP) imposes an increasing health burden with global urbanization. Gestational and early child exposure to urban TRP is associated with higher risk of autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia, as well as low birth weight. While cardio-respiratory effects from exposure are well documented, cognitive effects are only recently becoming widely recognized...