The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7252 p783
7 June 2003

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Traffic asthma impact

Traffic fumes can cause asthma, allergic rhinitis, a dry cough and wheezing in children, according to two studies published in the European Respiratory Journal this month. A German project showed that children living within 50m of busy roads were almost twice as likely to suffer from asthma than the general population. A Taiwanese study linked prevalence of allergic rhinitis with carbon monoxide or nitrogen oxides in ambient air.