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In December 2020, Her Majesty's Assistant Coroner for Inner South London, UK, Philip Barlow, ruled that traffic-related particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide were contributary factors in the death of a young girl from asthma whose house was on London's South Circular Road [1]. The coroner's subsequent Prevention of Future Deaths report highlights the need for all health professionals to communicate the risks of air pollution to parents and children with asthma. Generic advice is available for use in consultations.
Abstract
Using an advice-based intervention in a cohort of children with asthma, designed to reduce personal pollution exposure, a mean reduction in black carbon exposure of 34% was found, the primary reduction happening within the home environment https://bit.ly/301Xemt
Footnotes
Provenance: Submitted article, peer reviewed.
Conflict of interest: J. Grigg reports personal fees from GSK, Vifor Pharma, AstraZeneca, Novartis and Omron outside the submitted work. A. Whitehouse and L. Koh have no disclosures.
Support statement: This study was supported by an Asthma UK PhD studentship. Funding information for this article has been deposited with the Crossref Funder Registry.
- Received July 28, 2021.
- Accepted October 3, 2021.
- Copyright ©The authors 2021
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