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1 The role of air pollution in asthma and other pediatric morbidities
Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP, George D. Thurston, ScD  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology  Volume 115, Issue 4, Pages (April 2005) DOI: /j.jaci Copyright © 2005 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Asthma exacerbations increase as O3 pollution exposures increase. Reprinted with permission from Thurston G, Lippmann M, Scott MB, Fine JM. Summertime haze air pollution and children with asthma. Reprinted with permission from: Thurston G, Lippmann M, Scott MB, Fine JM. Summertime haze air pollution and children with asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997;155: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology  , DOI: ( /j.jaci ) Copyright © 2005 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Estimated number of acute adverse health effects avoided by meeting the 1997 US EPA Ozone Ambient Air Quality standard. Reprinted with permission from the prepared statement of Dr George D. Thurston from Clean Air Act: ozone and Particulate matter standards. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property and Nuclear Safety of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, US Senate. Washington (DC): US GPO; p. 124. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology  , DOI: ( /j.jaci ) Copyright © 2005 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Terms and Conditions


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