Low-level ozone has both respiratory and systemic effects in African American adolescents with asthma despite asthma controller therapy.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.08.003 and PMC identifier 6289884.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Air Pollutants
- Asthma
- Cholesterol
- Ozone