Elaine McMahon, Paul Giess.
Respiratory ill Health, a town and country divide?.
Med Channel Jan ;4(2):33-4.

One of the most notable feature of asthma epidemiology in recent years is the remarkeable rise in prevalence of the disease. This is particularly true for children. Lane summarises the increase in diagnosis of asthma and wheeze in school children from just over 5 percent in 1969 to more than 15 per cent by the end of the 1980s. This has occurred at a time when road traffic has increased markedly, coupled with a deterioration in urban air quality. Children, in particular, are sensitive to air pollution - in comparison to their body weight, they inhale more air than adults. Many researchers have investigated the possible link between asthma prevalence and exposure to traffic related air pollution.

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