AJRCCM Articles in Press. Published on April 19, 2007 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200510-1678OC
Lung function growth in children with long-term exposure to air pollutants in Mexico City Running title: Lung function growth and air pollution
Rosalba Rojas-Martinez1, Rogelio Perez-Padilla2, Gustavo Olaiz-Fernandez1, Laura Mendoza-Alvarado1, Hortensia Moreno-Macias1,3, Teresa Fortoul4, William McDonnell5, Dana Loomis6, Isabelle Romieu1
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Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica de México, México, 2 Instituto Nacional de
Enfermedades Respiratorias, México, 3Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México, 4
Mexico Medical School, UNAM, Mexico, 5Environmental Protection Agency, USA,
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School of Public Health University of North Carolina, USA
Supported by the Mexican Sciences and Technology Council (CONACYT), SALUD-200501-13956, and the National Center for Environmental Health - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA, USA.
Correspondence and requests for reprints should be addressed to Dr. Isabelle Romieu, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, 655 Avenida Universidad, Col. Santa Maria Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62508, México. Tel: 52-777-101-2935; fax: 52-777-3111148; e-mail:
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Category: 1.18 Air pollution This article has an online data supplement, which is accessible from this issue’s table of content online at www.atsjournals.org Word count: 2,583
Copyright (C) 2007 by the American Thoracic Society.
ABSTRACT Rationale: Although short-term exposure to air pollution has been associated with acute, reversible lung function decrements, the impact of long-term exposure has not been well established. Objective: To evaluate the association between long-term exposure to ozone (O3), particulate matter
