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Recent evidence for adverse effects of residential proximity to traffic sources on asthma.
Current opinion in pulmonary medicine - 1 Jan 2008
Salam Muhammad T, Islam Talat, Gilliland Frank D
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: A growing body of evidence indicates that residential proximity to traffic sources increases the risk for asthma and asthma exacerbations. In this review we have considered publications from 2006-2007 that examined the impact of residential traffic-related exposures on asthma occurrence and severity. RECENT FINDINGS: In these studies, exposures were estimated using traffic metrics based on...
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