| In an article published in the August 2008 edition of Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers evaluated the associations between declining warm-season ozone concentrations and hospitalization for asthma in children. The authors undertook an ecologic study of hospital discharges for asthma during the high ozone seasons in California’s South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB) in children who ranged in age from birth to 19 years from 1983 to 2000. Results showed that ozone was the only pollutant associated with increased hospital admissions over the study period. The authors concluded that at current levels of ozone experienced in Southern California, ozone contributes to an increased risk of hospitalization for children with asthma. To view this study, visit http://www.ehponline.org/members/2008/10497/10497.html. |
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