Alicia Abellan, Charline Warembourg, Sara M Mensink-Bout, Albert Ambros, Montserrat de Castro, Serena Fossati, Mònica Guxens, Vincent Wv Jaddoe, Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen, Martine Vrijheid, Susana Santos, Maribel Casas, Liesbeth Duijts
The urban environment during pregnancy may influence child's respiratory health, but scarce evidence exists on systematic evaluation of multiple urban exposures (e.g., air pollution, natural spaces, noise, built environment) on children's lung function, wheezing, and asthma development. We aimed to examine the association of the urban environment during pregnancy with lung function, preschool wheezing, and school-age asthma. We included 5624 mother-child pairs participating in a population-based prospective birth cohort...
March 1, 2024: Environmental Pollution