Low-level ozone has both respiratory and systemic effects in African American adolescents with asthma despite asthma controller therapy.

Hernandez, Michelle L; Dhingra, Radhika; Burbank, Allison J; Todorich, Krista; Loughlin, Ceila E; Frye, Marcia; Duncan, Kelly; Robinette, Carole et al. · J Allergy Clin Immunol · 2018

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Abstract

In a cohort of African American adolescents with persistent asthma on guidelines-based daily controller therapies, short–term elevation of low ozone levels below the National Ambient Air Quality Standard of 70 ppb were associated with lung function decrements and elevated lipid levels.

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