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ArticleHealth & place2020

Impact of air pollution on educational attainment for respiratory health treated students: A cross sectional data linkage study.

Amy Mizen, Jane Lyons, Ai Milojevic, Ruth Doherty, Paul Wilkinson, David Carruthers, Ashley Akbari, Iain Lake, Gwyneth A Davies, Mohammad Al Sallakh and 3 more

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Article in Health & place, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Amy MizenSwansea University Medical School, Singleton Park, Swansea, UK.
Jane LyonsSwansea University Medical School, Singleton Park, Swansea, UK.
Ai MilojevicDepartment of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Ruth DohertySchool of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Paul WilkinsonDepartment of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
David CarruthersCambridge Environmental Research Consultants, Cambridge, UK.
Ashley AkbariSwansea University Medical School, Singleton Park, Swansea, UK.
Iain LakeSchool of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
Gwyneth A DaviesSwansea University Medical School, Singleton Park, Swansea, UK.
Mohammad Al SallakhSwansea University Medical School, Singleton Park, Swansea, UK.
Richard FrySwansea University Medical School, Singleton Park, Swansea, UK.
Lorraine DeardenThe Institute for Fiscal Studies, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE, UK.
Sarah E RodgersDepartment of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. Electronic address: Sarah.Rodgers@liverpool.ac.uk.

Funding

Arthritis Research UKBritish Heart FoundationCancer Research UKChief Scientist OfficeDepartment of HealthMedical Research Council MR/K006525/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThere is some evidence that exam results are worse when students are acutely exposed to air pollution. Studies investigating the association between air pollution and academic attainment have been constrained by small sample sizes.

methodsCross sectional educational attainment data (2009-2015) from students aged 15-16 years in Cardiff, Wales were linked to primary health care data, modelled air pollution and measured pollen data, and analysed using multilevel linear regression models. Annual cohort, school and individual level confounders were adjusted for in single and multi-pollutant/pollen models. We stratified by treatment of asthma and/or Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (SAR).

resultsA unit (10μg/m

conclusionOur study showed that short-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution, specifically NO

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Academic SuccessInformation Storage and RetrievalTravelAdolescentAir PollutionAsthmaCohort StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleRisk FactorsStudentsVehicle EmissionsWalesVehicle EmissionsAir pollutionAsthmaData linkageEducational attainmentPollenSeasonal allergic rhinitis

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