| Title: | Air pollution and lung function in children |
| Author(s): | Garcia E; Rice MB; Gold DR; |
| Address: | "Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. Electronic address: garc991@usc.edu. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.05.006 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1097-6825 (Electronic) 0091-6749 (Print) 0091-6749 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "In this narrative review, we summarize the literature and provide updates on recent studies of air pollution exposures and child lung function and lung function growth. We include exposures to outdoor air pollutants that are monitored and regulated through air quality standards, and air pollutants that are not routinely monitored or directly regulated, including wildfires, indoor biomass and coal burning, gas and wood stove use, and volatile organic compounds. Included is a more systematic review of the recent literature on long-term air pollution and child lung function because this is an indicator of future adult respiratory health and exposure assessment tools have improved dramatically in recent years. We present 'summary observations' and 'knowledge gaps.' We end by discussing what is known about what can be done at the individual/household, local/regional, and national levels to overcome structural impediments, reduce air pollution exposures, and improve child lung function. We found a large literature on adverse air pollution effects on children's lung function level and growth; however, many questions remain. Important areas needing further research include whether early-life effects are fixed or reversible; and what are windows of increased susceptibility, long-term effects of repeated wildfire events, and effects of air quality interventions" |
| Keywords: | Air Pollutants/*adverse effects Air Pollution/*adverse effects Animals Child Environmental Exposure/adverse effects Humans Lung/*physiology Particulate Matter/adverse effects Children Fev(1) Fvc air pollution biomass gas stoves lung function wildfire; |
| Notes: | "MedlineGarcia, Erika Rice, Mary B Gold, Diane R eng P30 ES000002/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ P30 ES007048/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Review 2021/07/10 J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 Jul; 148(1):1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.05.006" |
