Air pollutants in low-income urban areas linked with youth asthma attacks: study

Air pollutants in low-income urban areas linked with youth asthma attacks: study

Story at a glance While some asthma attacks can be triggered by viral infections, others are brought on by external causes. Data from children living in low-income urban areas across the country sh…

Specific outdoor air pollutants linked to asthma attacks in urban children: Researchers focused on asthma attacks not caused by respiratory viruses

Moderate levels of two outdoor air pollutants, ozone and fine particulate matter, are associated with non-viral asthma attacks in children and adolescents who live in low-income urban areas. The study also identifies associations between exposure to the two pollutants and molecular changes in the children's airways during non-viral asthma attacks, suggesting potential mechanisms for those attacks.

Study links specific outdoor air pollutants to asthma attacks in urban children

Moderate levels of two outdoor air pollutants, ozone and fine particulate matter, are associated with non-viral asthma attacks in children and adolescents who live in low-income urban areas, a study has found. The study also identifies associations between exposure to the two pollutants and molecular changes in the children's airways during non-viral asthma attacks, suggesting potential mechanisms for those attacks. The observational study is on…

New link to outdoor air pollutants and asthma attacks in children

NIH study reveals two outdoor air pollutants are associated with non-viral asthma attacks in children and adolescents.

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WASHINGTON, Jan 5:0506 Moderate levels of two outdoor air pollutants, ozone and fine particulate matter, are associated with non-viral asthma attacks in children and adolescents who live in low-income urban areas, a study conducted in the US has found. The study also identifies associations between exposure to the two pollutants and molecular changes in the children’s airways during non-viral asthma attacks, suggesting potential mechanisms for t…

Study links specific outdoor air pollutants to asthma attacks in urban children

Moderate levels of two outdoor air pollutants, ozone and fine particulate matter, are associated with non-viral asthma attacks in children and adolescents who l