"Traffic-related air pollution as a risk factor for the development of childhood asthma"

This project, funded by AllerGen NCE, will bring together data on air pollution, and genetic and disease information from existing studies done in Canada, England, The Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden. (See listing below) Data from these studies (all of which have measured the development of asthma in children from birth) will be analysed together to address the question: Does exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) increase the risk of incident asthma in children? Data from these existing studies will provide important information that can be useful to develop preventive strategies related to childhood asthma and potentially to develop treatment approaches focused on a particularly vulnerable population, children with genetic profiles conferring particular risk.