Greater susceptibility of girls to airborne Benzo[a]pyrene for obesity-associated childhood asthma

Background: Sexually dimorphic risk of obesity-associated asthma is posited to accelerate around puberty. Yet, the role of air pollution on the lean and obese asthmatic children has never been examined. Objective: To compare whether a unit exposure to airborne benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) is associated wi...

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Main Authors: Hyunok Choi, Miroslav Dostal, Anna Pastorkova, Pavel Rossner, Jr, Radim J. Sram, Shuk-Mei Ho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018309644