Prenatal Indoor PM_2.5 Exposure Is Associated with Worse Maternal Asthma Health and Lung Function

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio.
² Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado; and.
⁶ Division of Medical Nutrition Education, College of Allied Health Professions, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
⁷ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.

Jing Gennie Wang et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Feb.

. 2025 Feb;211(2):269-271.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202408-1604RL.

¹ Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio.
² Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado; and.
⁶ Division of Medical Nutrition Education, College of Allied Health Professions, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
⁷ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.

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