Article
Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution is Associated with Greater Bacterial Diversity in the Lower Respiratory Tract of Children
2020-12-09
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background</h4> Exposure to particulate matter has been shown to increase the adhesion of bacteria to human airway epithelial cells. However, the impact of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) on the respiratory microbiome is unknown. <h4>Methods</h4> Forty children were recruited through the Cincinnati Childhood Allergy and Air Pollution Study, a longitudinal cohort followed from birth through early adolesc...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 9b388db4-070c-547d-a9f6-10edaa5f7b1b
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.12.09.417501
