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  • Exposure to combustion by-products and allergens may partially explain marked disparity of pediatric asthma prevalence among NYC neighborhoods

    http://www.nature.com/jes/journal/v2...jes20123a.html
    Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 22, 258-266 (May/June 2012) | doi:10.1038/jes.2012.3

    Domestic airborne black carbon and exhaled nitric oxide in children in NYC

    Alexandra G Cornell, Steven N Chillrud, Robert B Mellins, Luis M Acosta, Rachel L Miller, James W Quinn, Beizhan Yan, Adnan Divjan, Omar E Olmedo, Sara Lopez-Pintado, Patrick L Kinney, Frederica P Perera, Judith S Jacobson, Inge F Goldstein, Andrew G Rundle and Matthew S Perzanowski
    Abstract

    Differential exposure to combustion by-products and allergens may partially explain the marked disparity in asthma prevalence (3?18%) among New York City neighborhoods. Subclinical changes in airway inflammation can be measured by fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO). FeNO could be used to test independent effects of these environmental exposures on airway inflammation. Seven- and eight-year-old children from neighborhoods with lower (range 3?9%, n=119) and higher (range 11?18%, n=121) asthma prevalence participated in an asthma case?control study. During home visits, FeNO was measured, and samples of bed dust (allergens) and air (black carbon; BC) were collected. Neighborhood built-environment characteristics were assessed for the 500 m surrounding participants? homes. Airborne BC concentrations in homes correlated with neighborhood asthma prevalence (P<0.001) and neighborhood densities of truck routes (P<0.001) and buildings burning residual oil (P<0.001). FeNO concentrations were higher among asthmatics with than in those without frequent wheeze (≥4 times/year) (P=0.002). FeNO concentrations correlated with domestic BC among children without seroatopy (P=0.012) and with dust mite allergen among children with seroatopy (P=0.020). The association between airborne BC in homes and both neighborhood asthma prevalence and FeNO suggest that further public health interventions on truck emissions standards and residual oil use are warranted.
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