From: PubMed.gov
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15792286
Eur J Epidemiol. 2005;20(2):183-99.
Exposure to ambient air pollution and prenatal and early childhood health effects.
Lacasaña M, Esplugues A, Ballester F.
This paper reviewed studies that looked at the connections between ambient air pollution concentrations and adverse prenatal and early childhood health outcomes, including post-neonatal mortality from all causes and post-neonatal mortality due to respiratory disease. According to the authors, “Over the last years, concern for the possible influence of exposure to air pollutants in children during gestation or the first years of life has grown; exposure levels which may be reached nowadays in our dwellings and in our streets. In the present study evidence over the possible impact of ambient air pollution on the foetus and the infants (i.e.: less than 1 year) published during the last decade, 1994–2003, are revised. Studies on infant mortality and exposure to particles show an outstanding consistence in the magnitude of the effects, despite the different designs used. As a whole, data show that an increase in 10 microg/m3 of particle concentration (measured as PM10) is associated with to about 5% increase in post-neonatal mortality for all causes and around 22% for post-neonatal mortality for respiratory diseases.”
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