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A recent asthma study appeared in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health found that with various types of pollution exposure over years, asthma can become more and more uncontrolled.
About 500 asthma suffering adults from five French cities provided researchers with their region specific history of respiratory health. The information was organized around exposure levels from three types of air pollution -- ozone (O3), nitrous oxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM10).
The study found that asthma suffers, when exposed long-term to higher levels of ozone and particulate matter, are much more likely to experience poorer asthma control. With long-term ozone exposure[...]