Association of traffic-related air pollution with cognitive development in children

Freire, Carmen; Ramos, Rosa; Puertas, Rosa; López-Espinosa, María-José; Júlvez, Jordi; Aguilera, Inmaculada; Cruz‐Quintana, Francisco; F. Fernández, Mariana; Sunyer, Jordi; Olea, Nicolás

doi:10.1136/jech.2008.084574

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Association of traffic-related air pollution with cognitive development in children

Published in Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health • Aug 13, 2009

Authors:

Carmen Freire

Rosa Ramos

Rosa Puertas

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Air pollution from traffic has been associated with cardiorespiratory diseases in children and adults, but there is little information on its potential neurotoxic effects. This study aimed to investigate the association between exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)), as a marker of traffic...

Subject

Confounding

Medicine

Cognition

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