Air pollution and respiratory infections during early childhood: an analysis of 10 European birth cohorts within the ESCAPE Project

EA, MacIntyre; U, Gehring; A, Mölter; E, Fuertes; C, Klümper; U, Krämer; U, Quass; B, Hoffmann; M, Gascon; B, Brunekreef; GH, Koppelman; R, Beelen; G, Hoek; M, Birk; JC, de Jongste; HA, Smit; J, Cyrys; O, Gruzieva; M, Korek; A, Bergström; RM, Agius; F, de Vocht; A, Simpson; D, Porta; F, Forastiere; C, Badaloni; G, Cesaroni; A, Esplugues; A, Fernández-Somoano; A, Lerxundi; J, Sunyer; M, Cirach; MJ, Nieuwenhuijsen; G, Pershagen; J, Heinrich

doi:10.1289/ehp.1306755

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Air pollution and respiratory infections during early childhood: an analysis of 10 European birth cohorts within the ESCAPE Project.

Published in Environmental health perspectives • Oct 22, 2013

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MacIntyre EA

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Gehring U

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Mölter A

Abstract

Background Few studies have investigated traffic-related air pollution as a risk factor for respiratory infections during early childhood.Objectives We aimed to investigate the association between air pollution and pneumonia, croup, and otitis media in 10 European birth cohorts--BAMSE (Sweden), GASP...

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