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Air pollution hampers teenagers’ lung development
  1. A Khan
  1. Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK; iyazkhan@aol.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2004.la0125

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    ▴ Gauderman WJ, Avol E, Gilliland F, et al. The effect of air pollution on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age. N Engl J Med2004;351:1057–67
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    The Children’s Health Study recruited 1759 children from schools in Southern California and prospectively followed up these children from the age of 10 to 18 years, measuring lung function annually. FVC, FEV1, and maximal mid expiratory flow rate (MMEF) were used as markers …

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