Clean Air Health Research

Short-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Lung Function in the Framingham Heart Study

Written by Climate Nexus | Feb 28, 2023 6:08:48 PM

(American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine) Short-term exposure to higher levels of PM2.5, NO2, and O3  were associated with lower lung function in adult men and women in the Boston area.

Rice, M. B., Ljungman, P. L., Wilker, E. H., Gold, D. R., Schwartz, J. D., Koutrakis, P., Washko, G. R., O'Connor, G. T., & Mittleman, M. A. (2013). Short-term exposure to air pollution and lung function in the Framingham Heart Study. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine188(11), 1351–1357. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201308-1414OC

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