Association of Improved Air Quality with Lung Development in Children
- Abstract
Air-pollution levels have been trending downward progressively over the past several decades in southern California, as a result of the implementation of air quality–control policies. We assessed whether long-term reductions in pollution were associated with improvements in respiratory health among children.
- Resource Type
- Peer-reviewed article
- Authors
- WJ Gauderman R Urman E Avol K Berhane R McConnell E Rappaport R Chang F Lurmann F Gilliland
- Publication
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Journal Abbr.
- N Engl J Med
- Volume
- 372
- Pages
- 905-913
- Date
- Mar 5, 2015
- DOI
- 10.1056/NEJMoa1414123
- Organization Type
- Academic
- Health and Human Impact
- Respiratory disease
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Air pollution
- Emission Sources
- Conventional energy Transportation Energy Conventional
- Solutions
- Climate mitigation/GHG reduction Public health/health sector response
- Other
- Vulnerable populations