Traffic-related air pollution and otitis media |
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| Authors: | Brauer Michael Gehring Ulrike Brunekreef Bert de Jongste Johan Gerritsen Jorrit Rovers Maroeska Wichmann Heinz-Erich Wijga Alet Heinrich Joachim |
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| Affiliation: | University of British Columbia, School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. brauer@interchange.ubc.ca |
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| Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Otitis media is one of the most common infections in young children. Although exposure to environmental tobacco smoke is a known risk factor associated with otitis media, little information is available regarding the potential association with air pollution. OBJECTIVE: We set out to study the relationship between exposure to traffic-related air pollution and otitis media in two birth cohorts. METHODS: Individual estimates of outdoor concentrations of traffic-related air pollutants-nitrogen dioxide, fine particles [particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters
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