The burden of childhood asthma disproportionately affects children living in poverty and in urban centers, many of whom are minority ethnic groups. For those living in urban environments with high traffic densities, there is increasing concern about potential adverse respiratory health effects of exposure to diesel and other vehicular exhaust. Epidemiologic studies have shown associations between exposure to high traffic volumes, and especially to high truck traffic - the main source of diesel exhaust in urban settings - and increases in asthma symptoms, asthma hospitalizations, and decreased lung function. Yet, owing to the challenges of separating diesel from spark ignition exhaust, and vehicular exhaust in general from other sources of pollution, quantitative associations between exposure to diesel and other vehicular exhaust and adverse respiratory health outcomes have not been well-characterized. This study will characterize ambient exposures related to vehicular exhaust and other specific air pollutant sources, and evaluate the relationship of these exposures to the exacerbation of asthma among children living in Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan. We will collect ambient and indoor household air quality data which provides both high temporal and spatial resolution of pollution concentrations and utilize state-of-the-art statistical/geospatial models to apportion exposures among pollutant sources including diesel and other vehicular exhaust and to develop individual- specific exposure estimates. We will conduct a two-year longitudinal study involving 210 asthmatic children with 70 each living near high traffic/high truck volume roads, near high traffic/low truck volume roads, and distant from high traffic roads. Daily health measures to be assessed for two consecutive weeks in each of eight seasons will include respiratory symptoms, pulmonary function assessed by hand-held spirometers, medication use, and health services utilization. We hypothesize that: 1) exposures specific to diesel and other vehicular exhaust will be stronger predictors of adverse health status among children with asthma living in a high traffic density urban environment than other pollutant sources, and, 2) the presence of cigarette smokers in the household, high levels of common allergens in household dust, or sensitization to such allergens, will yield stronger exposure-response relationships between diesel and other vehicular exhaust and adverse respiratory health outcomes. ? ? ?

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
1R01ES014677-01A2
Application #
7318045
Study Section
Infectious Diseases, Reproductive Health, Asthma and Pulmonary Conditions Study Section (IRAP)
Program Officer
Gray, Kimberly A
Project Start
2007-09-18
Project End
2012-06-30
Budget Start
2007-09-18
Budget End
2008-06-30
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2007
Total Cost
$850,058
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Department
Public Health & Prev Medicine
Type
Schools of Public Health
DUNS #
073133571
City
Ann Arbor
State
MI
Country
United States
Zip Code
48109
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