American Thoracic Society: Residents of Poor Neighborhoods May Have More Respiratory Problems Associated With Ozone Exposure
May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020
NEW YORK, May 13 -- The American Thoracic Society issued the following news release:
In the first large study to look at chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), air pollution and poor neighborhoods, researchers found that residents of high-poverty neighborhoods are more susceptible to negative respiratory effects of ozone exposure. The study, which looked at former and current smokers, was posted online in the Abstract Issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical . . .
In the first large study to look at chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), air pollution and poor neighborhoods, researchers found that residents of high-poverty neighborhoods are more susceptible to negative respiratory effects of ozone exposure. The study, which looked at former and current smokers, was posted online in the Abstract Issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical . . .