Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10502896 | Health & Place | 2010 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Exposure to air pollution appeared to have had the greatest effect on children with chest symptoms. This phenomenon may be explained by the fact that this untreated symptomatic group might experience the most severe insult on their respiratory system as a result of exposure to ambient air pollution, which is reflected by a considerable reduction in their FEV1 and FVC. Since asthmatic children have lower baseline and slower growth rates, their PFT change may be affected less by exposure to air pollution, reflecting a well known relationship between pulmonary function change and height growth, according to which age-specific height is very similar for preadolescent children, but shifts upward with age during the growth spurt.
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Authors
Tamar Yogev-Baggio, Haim Bibi, Jonathan Dubnov, Keren Or-Hen, Rafael Carel, Boris A. Portnov,