Does outdoor air pollution cause asthma?
Statement
The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) announces the publication of its statement "Does outdoor air pollution cause asthma?"
Statement
Overview of the evidence
- Is exposure to outdoor air pollution a cause of atopic (allergic) asthma? COMEAP/2010/04 (PDF, 526K)
Working papers on the epidemiological evidence
- Is ambient air pollution associated with the incidence of asthma? Systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological evidence COMEAP/2010/05 (PDF, 1.4MB)
- Traffic exposure and the prevalence of asthma - a systematic review COMEAP/2010/06 (PDF, 254K)
- Update to traffic exposure and the prevalence of asthma - a systematic review COMEAP/2010/07 (PDF, 378K)
- HEI consideration of associations of asthma with traffic-related air pollution COMEAP/2010/08 (PDF, 32K)
Working papers on the mechanistic evidence
- The potential role of outdoor air pollution in causing the asthmatic state COMEAP/2009/02 (PDF, 65K)
- Air pollution as adjuvants COMEAP/2009/04-update (PDF, 442K)
- Heterogeneity of asthma Annex C to COMEAP/2010/09 (PDF, 81K)
Published: 25 November 2010