… inner-city children: proximity to traffic at both their homes and schools. … carbon monoxide;
and other pollutants. Prior studies have documented that chronic exposure to major highways, …

… relationship of home distance from a highway with personal … epidemiological studies using
distance from a highway as an … significantly higher concentrations for black carbon (BC) at …

… and traffic-related pollutants (zinc, EC [elemental carbon], … conclusive than our traffic and
distance analyses. Our methods … those who live near any major road or highway. Since traffic …

… study children had to report symptoms or asthma medication … characteristics by traffic sources
near schools, we observed … schools near high truck density and close proximity to highways…

… with asthma live and attend schools in close proximity to highways and businesses that rely
… this study, we found that children living closer to a highway had progressively higher mean …

… 10 , SO 2 , and black carbon and proximity to point sources. Traffic… proximity to roads to be
associated with increased asthma … the same limitations as the road proximity measure. Despite …

… non-freeway roads used in developing the CHS CRF. We considered the impact of all … black
carbon. Promoting the rapid adoption of low- or zero-emission vehicles powered by carbon-…

… in a cohort of asthmatic children who live close to major … NO 2 ), carbon monoxide, and black
carbon indoors and outdoors of … to I-96, a major highway in Detroit. These data were used to …

… 10 exposures and risk of asthma development. Our findings support the hypothesis that
childhood exposure to TRAP contributes to their development of asthma. Future meta-analyses …

… exposures in the Near-Roadway Exposure and … carbons, demonstrate steep gradients in
concentrations and typically reach background levels at distances of 150 to 200 m from the road …