ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2017
Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution on Lung Function in Children.
Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Chemical constituents of PMEuropean journal of pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- The role of growth and nutrition in the early origins of spirometric restriction in adult life: a longitudinal, multicohort, population-based study.The Lancet. Respiratory medicine · 2022Pooled it
- The Effects of Fine Dust, Ozone, and Nitrogen Dioxide on Health.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2019Pooled it
- Early-life respiratory syncytial virus infection and asthma.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026Review
- Characterising the allergen landscape in paediatric allergic rhinitis and/or asthma.BMJ open respiratory research · 2026Article
- Development of the Respiratory System During Adolescence.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Exposure to vehicle traffic in childhood and lung function in young adulthood-a prospective cohort study in an area with low traffic-flows.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2025Article
- External exposome and incident asthma across the life course in 14 European cohorts: a prospective analysis within the EXPANSE project.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2025Article
- Moderate-to-late prematurity: understanding respiratory consequences and modifiable risk factors.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025Review
- Nutrition, Lifestyle, and Environmental Factors in Lung Homeostasis and Respiratory Health.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Long-Term Exposure to Nitrogen Dioxide and Ozone and Respiratory Health in Children.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2025Article
- Ambient air pollutant mixture and lung function among children in Fresno, California.PloS one · 2025Article
- Long-term PMPediatric research · 2025Article
- Prenatal exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and child lung function in the CANDLE cohort.Annals of medicine · 2024Article
- Childhood Air Pollution Exposure Associated with Self-reported Bronchitic Symptoms in Adulthood.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2024Article
- Outdoor Air Pollution and Pediatric Respiratory Disease.Clinics in chest medicine · 2024Review
- Birth Cohort Studies of Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution in Early Life and Development of Asthma in Children and Adolescents from Denmark.Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 2024Article
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- The Health-Related and Learning Performance Effects of Air Pollution and Other Urban-Related Environmental Factors on School-Age Children and Adolescents-A Scoping Review of Systematic Reviews.Current environmental health reports · 2024Article
- Associations of prenatal ambient air pollution exposures with asthma in middle childhood.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2024Article
6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Lung function in early life has been shown to be an important predictor for peak lung function in adults and later decline. Reduced lung function per se is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. With this review, we aim to summarize the current epidemiological evidence on the effect of traffic-related air pollution on lung function in children and adolescents. We focus in particular on time windows of exposure, small airway involvement, and vulnerable sub-groups in the population. Findings from studies published to date support the notion that exposure over the entire childhood age range seems to be of importance for lung function development. We could not find any conclusive data to support evidence of sup-group effects considering gender, sensitization status, and asthma status, although a possibly stronger effect may be present for children with asthma. The long-term effects into adulthood of exposure to air pollution during childhood remains unknown, but current studies suggest that these deficits may be propagated into later life. In addition, further research on the effect of exposure on small airway function is warranted.
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