Los Angeles smog reduces children's pulmonary function
Conference
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· Archives of Environmental Health; (USA)
OSTI ID:5153659
- Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles (USA)
One thousand seventy-nine (1,079) Los Angeles boys and girls in the second and fifth grades had significantly lower baseline values for forced expiratory volume in 1 sec ({minus}6%) and mid-expiratory flow ({minus}17%) measured in February to May 1984 than did 1,805 Houston children measured in October to December 1976. These intercity differences were consistent in Mexican-Americans, Whites, and Blacks. Although bronchodilator, metaproterenol aerosol improved airflows of Los Angeles children about 5%, airflow was still below the height and ethnic group standardized Houston values. The most likely explanation of these differences is virtually continuous exposure to air pollution in Los Angeles.
- OSTI ID:
- 5153659
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8706410--
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Archives of Environmental Health; (USA) Journal Volume: 43:2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
552000 -- Public Health
560300* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
AGE GROUPS
AIR POLLUTION
BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
BODY
CHILDREN
CHRONIC EXPOSURE
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FUNCTIONS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
LUNGS
ORGANS
POLLUTION
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
SMOG
URBAN AREAS
540120 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
552000 -- Public Health
560300* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
AGE GROUPS
AIR POLLUTION
BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
BODY
CHILDREN
CHRONIC EXPOSURE
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FUNCTIONS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
LUNGS
ORGANS
POLLUTION
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
SMOG
URBAN AREAS