Breathless in Los Angeles:: The exhausting search for clean air
Breathless in Los Angeles:: The exhausting search for clean air
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.93.9.1494
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发表时间：
2003-09-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Peters, J
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作者：
Künzli, N;McConnell, R;Peters, J
南加州的人口增长和公路的扩张使得流动空气污染源（汽车和卡车）供过于求，造成了严重的大气污染。尽管在过去40年里为减少污染做出了成功的努力，但在南加州，空气污染对健康造成了一系列令人担忧的影响。儿童健康研究表明，在目前的空气污染水平下，肺功能发育下降、缺课人数增加、哮喘加剧和新发哮喘正在发生，并带来相当大的经济后果。我们描述了这些发现，并敦促采取更积极的措施来减少空气污染暴露，以保护我们孩子的健康。这个“案例研究”的教训具有全国性的意义。
Population growth and the proliferation of roadways in Southern California hove facilitated a glut of mobile air pollution sources (cars and trucks), resulting in substantial atmospheric pollution.Despite successful efforts over the past 40 years to reduce pollution, an alarming set of health-effects attributable to air pollution have been described in Southern California. The Children's Health Study indicates that reduced lung function growth, increased school absences, asthma exacerbation, and new-onset asthma are occurring at current levels of air pollution, with sizable economic consequences.We describe these findings and urge a more aggressive effort to reduce air pollution ex posures to protect our children's health. Lessons from this "case study" have national implications.