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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 93, Issue 9, Pages 1494-1499Publisher
AMER PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOC INC
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.9.1494
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- NIEHS NIH HHS [1P01 ES 11627-01, P30 ES007048, P01 ES011627, 5P30 ES 07048-07, 1P01 ES 09581-04, P01 ES009581] Funding Source: Medline
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Population growth and the proliferation of roadways in Southern California hove facilitated a glut of mobile air pollution sources (cars and trucks), resulting in substantial atmospheric pollution. Despite successful efforts over the past 40 years to reduce pollution, an alarming set of health-effects attributable to air pollution have been described in Southern California. The Children's Health Study indicates that reduced lung function growth, increased school absences, asthma exacerbation, and new-onset asthma are occurring at current levels of air pollution, with sizable economic consequences. We describe these findings and urge a more aggressive effort to reduce air pollution ex posures to protect our children's health. Lessons from this case study have national implications.
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