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SUBMITTER: Kravitz-Wirtz N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6025399 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kravitz-Wirtz Nicole N Teixeira Samantha S Hajat Anjum A Woo Bongki B Crowder Kyle K Takeuchi David D
International journal of environmental research and public health 20180530 6
Ambient air pollution is a well-known risk factor of various asthma-related outcomes, however, past research has often focused on acute exacerbations rather than asthma development. This study draws on a population-based, multigenerational panel dataset from the United States to assess the association of childhood asthma risk with census block-level, annual-average air pollution exposure measured during the prenatal and early postnatal periods, as well as effect modification by neighborhood pove ...[more]