Prenatal Ambient Air Pollutant Mixture Exposure and Early School-age Lung Function.

ABSTRACT: Research linking prenatal ambient air pollution with childhood lung function has largely considered one pollutant at a time. Real-life exposure is to mixtures of pollutants and their chemical components; not considering joint effects/effect modification by co-exposures contributes to misleading results.

Methods

Analyses included 198 mother-child dyads recruited from two hospitals and affiliated community health centers in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Daily prenatal pollutant exposures were estimated using satellite-based hybrid chemical-transport models, including nitrogen dioxide(NO₂), ozone(O₃), and fine particle constituents (elemental carbon [EC], organic carbon [OC], nitrate [NO₃ ^-], sulfate [SO₄ ^2-], and ammonium

SUBMITTER: Hsu HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10097575 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature