ArticleEnvironmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.)2018
Associations of mobile source air pollution during the first year of life with childhood pneumonia, bronchiolitis, and otitis media.
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- Air pollution and hospitalization risk in infants with bronchiolitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025Pooled it
- Air pollution and the risk of bronchiolitis-related hospital admission in a birth cohort of over 400,000 children born in London.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026Article
- Machine learning and dose response effect models: an integrated approach to analyze the association between environmental variables and Cuneo Emergency Department admissions for Acute Otitis Media (2007-2015).International journal of biometeorology · 2026Article
- Prenatal and early life exposure to air pollution and the risk of severe lower respiratory tract infections during early childhood: the Espoo Cohort Study.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2024Article
- Effects of air pollution on emergency visits for acute otitis media among children: a case-crossover study in Chongqing, China.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Effect of Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis in Diesel Exhaust Particles Inhalation in Mouse Model of LPS Induced Acute Otitis Media.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Article
- The effect of exposure to particulate matter during pregnancy on lower respiratory tract infection hospitalizations during first year of life.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2020Article
- Influence of air pollutants on pneumonia hospitalizations among children in a town in the Brazilian Legal Amazon region: a time series study.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2020Article
- Asian Sand Dust Particles Increased Pneumococcal Biofilm FormationFrontiers in genetics · 2020Article
- Protective Effect of Breastfeeding on the Adverse Health Effects Induced by Air Pollution: Current Evidence and Possible Mechanisms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundExposure to pollution from motor vehicles in early life may increase susceptibility to common pediatric infections.
methodsWe estimated associations between residential exposure to primary fine particulate matter (PM
resultsDuring follow-up 2,181 children were diagnosed with pneumonia, 5,533 with bronchiolitis, and 14,373 with otitis media. We observed positive associations between early-life traffic exposures and all three outcomes; confidence intervals were widest for pneumonia as it was the least common outcome. For example, adjusted hazard ratios for a 1-unit increase in NO
conclusionsOur results provide evidence for modest, positive associations between exposure to traffic emissions and common pediatric infections during early childhood.
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