Sentences with phrase «chronic exposure to air pollution»

There, she met a team of physicians connected with the Children's Environmental Health Center at the University of Southern California who were conducting a long - term study on the link between chronic exposure to air pollution from freeway traffic and respiratory illnesses.

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These intriguing findings suggest that longer - term exposure to PM air pollution may promote the chronic development of insulin resistance, obesity, and the metabolic syndrome.

Once the data were statistically analyzed to correct for other risk factors like smoking, the results indicated that increased exposure to fine particulate matter caused by air pollution is linked to health problems like chronic bronchitis and decreased lung function, as well as premature death.