Is it traffic type, volume, or distance? Wheezing in infants living near truck and bus traffic
PH Ryan, G LeMasters, J Biagini, D Bernstein… - Journal of allergy and …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Previous studies of air pollution have not examined the association
between exposure to varying types, distance, and amounts of traffic and wheezing in very
young infants. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the relationship between types of traffic,
traffic volume, and distance and wheezing among infants less than 1 year of age.
METHODS: A geographic information system and a classification scheme were developed
to categorize infants enrolled in the study as living near moving truck and bus traffic …
between exposure to varying types, distance, and amounts of traffic and wheezing in very
young infants. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the relationship between types of traffic,
traffic volume, and distance and wheezing among infants less than 1 year of age.
METHODS: A geographic information system and a classification scheme were developed
to categorize infants enrolled in the study as living near moving truck and bus traffic …