Traffic-related air pollution exposure over a 5-year period is associated with increased risk of asthma and poor lung function in middle age
- Bowatte, Gayan
- Erbas, Bircan
- Lodge, Caroline J.
- Knibbs, Luke D.
- Gurrin, Lyle C.
- Marks, Guy B.
- Thomas, Paul S.
- Johns, David P.
- Giles, Graham G.
- Hui, Jennie
- Dennekamp, Martine
- Perret, Jennifer L.
- Abramson, Michael J.
- Walters, E. Haydn
- Matheson, Melanie C.
- Dharmage, Shyamali C.
Publication date
July 2017
DOI Publisher
European Respiratory Society (ERS) ISSN
0903-1936 Citation count (estimate)
3Abstract
Current evidence concerning the impact of exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) on adult respiratory morbidity mainly comes from cross-sectional studies. We sought to establish more robust measures of this association and potential gene-environment interactions using longitudinal data from an established cohort study
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