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This issue of the Journal includes two multifaceted studies describing significant associations between exposures to particulate matter in ambient air and indexes of health-related responses.^1,2 They are remarkable in their use of carefully selected cohorts with well-defined levels of exposure to particulate matter that extend over wide concentration ranges. They are also notable in terms of the care that was taken to include data and analyses on potential confounding factors and biomarkers of response.

Downs et al.¹ examined annual changes in spirometric indexes of lung function and data on atopy from the Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo.

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