Breathe Project Reports

Peer-reviewed

Association Between Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Schools and Cognitive Development in Primary School Children

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Published 2015
Air Quality, car emissions, Children, Diesel, Pollution Sources, Public Health
International

Summary

Attendance at schools exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollution is associated with a smaller increase in cognitive development over a one year among school children in Barcelona.

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