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Article: Heavy traffic can be a pain in the ... ear? Vehicle emissions linked to otitis media.(Science Selections)
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- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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Traffic is a major source of air pollutants, and more studies are looking at the role of traffic-related air pollution in children's health. Researchers report in this issue that young children exposed to higher levels of traffic pollution have a greater incidence of otitis media (middle ear infections) than those exposed to lower levels [EHP 114:1414-1418; Brauer et al.]. In 2002, the same team found that such pollution increased the risk for asthma and upper respiratory tract infections in young children. Now they focus on otitis media because upper respiratory tract infections often progress to ear infections, which are one of the leading reasons for visits to doctors ...