Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals: Linking Air Pollution and Poor Respiratory Health?

What is it about?

Epidemiological links between exposure to air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, and adverse respiratory outcomes are strong but the mechanism(s) involved remain obscure. We provide preliminary evidence that environmetnally-presistent free radicals in pollution can be found in house dust and may contribute to wheezing illnesses in children.

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