Air Pollutants Undermine Infant Brain Development

Toxic air poses a threat to brain development in 17 million infants younger than 1 year who live in areas around the world where outdoor air pollution is at least 6 times higher than international limits, according to a report from the United Nations Children's Fund. More than 12 million infant...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inJAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 319; no. 7; p. 648
Main Author Friedrich, M. J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Medical Association 20.02.2018
Subjects
Air pollution
Babies
Brain
Children
Infants
Pollutants
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Toxic air poses a threat to brain development in 17 million infants younger than 1 year who live in areas around the world where outdoor air pollution is at least 6 times higher than international limits, according to a report from the United Nations Children's Fund. More than 12 million infants live in South Asia, and 43 million live in the East Asia and Pacific region. Many of these infants live in impoverished areas where they are subject to numerous environmental threats.
Bibliography:SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-News-1
content type line 14
ObjectType-Article-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2018.0966