Chronic PM2.5 exposure and risk of infant bronchiolitis and otitis media clinical encounters.

We examined associations between residential distance to roadways, traffic density, and infant bronchiolitis and OM risk. PM2.5 was not associated with infant bronchiolitis (OR=1.02, 95% CI=1.00, 1.04) and inversely associated with OM (OR=0.97, 95% CI=0.95, 0.99). There was no evidence of effect modification. Compared to infants living near low traffic density, infants residing in high traffic density had elevated risk of bronchiolitis (OR=1.23, 95% CI=1.14, 1.31) but not OM (OR=0.98, 95% CI=0.93, 1.02) clinical encounter. We did not find strong evidence to support an association between early-life long-term PM2.5 exposure and infant bronchiolitis or OM. Bronchiolitis risk was increased among infants living near high traffic density. PMID: 28701289 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - July 1, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Girguis MS, Strickland MJ, Hu X, Liu Y, Chang HH, Belanoff C, Bartell SM, Vieira VM Tags: Int J Hyg Environ Health Source Type: research