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Article: A pain in the ear? Vehicle emissions linked to OM.(otitis media)
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- The Hearing Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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WASHINGTON, DC -- 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. Brauer et al report in the latest issue of Environmental Health Perspectives (114:14(14):1418) 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.
The new study involved approximately 3,700 Dutch children and 650 German children surveyed from birth to age 2 years. Researchers in those countries monitored the concentrations of three common traffic-related pollutants (nitrogen dioxide, ...