Health Impacts of Air Pollution: A Life Course Approach for Examining Predictors of Respiratory Health in Adulthood

PURPOSE: This research applies a life course health development framework to examine the impacts of childhood exposure to air pollution on respiratory health in adulthood. METHODS: This prospective cohort study uses data collected from children originally studied in the 1970/1980s, including exposure to air pollution, indoor exposures, sociodemographic variables, and health outcomes data. Thirty years later, a self-administered questionnaire …