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Air pollution increases asthma risk in babies [1]

Babies born to mothers exposed to air pollution from traffic sources during pregnancy have an increased risk of developing asthma before the age of five, finds a new study.

Publication Date: 
10/02/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Air Pollution [3], Child Health [4], Health Effects [5], Asthma [6], Vehicular Pollution [7], Carbon Monoxide [8], Nitrogen Dioxide [9]
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