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Association between traffic-related air pollution in schools and cognitive development in primary school children: A prospective cohort study [1]

Air pollution is a suspected developmental neurotoxicant. Many schools are located in close proximity to busy roads, and traffic air pollution peaks when children are at school. We aimed to assess whether exposure of children in primary school to traffic-related air pollutants is associated with impaired cognitive development.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
03/03/2015
Jordi Sunyer [3], Mikel Esnaola [4], Mar Alvarez-Pedrerol & et al [5]
PLoS Medicine [6]
1-24
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution [7], Health Effects [8], Child Health [9], Air Pollution [10], Mental Health [11], Spain [12]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/association-between-traffic-related-air-pollution-schools-and-cognitive-development
[2] http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001792
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jordi-sunyer
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/mikel-esnaola
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/mar-alvarez-pedrerol-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-medicine
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vehicular-pollution
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mental-health
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/spain