American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Dec 2016
Early Life Exposure to the Great Smog of 1952 and the Development of Asthma.
Little is known about the long-term effects of air pollution exposure and the root causes of asthma. We use exposure to intense air pollution from the 1952 Great Smog of London as a natural experiment to examine both issues. ⋯ These results are the first to link early-life pollution exposure to later development of asthma using a natural experiment, suggesting the legacy of the Great Smog is ongoing.