Air pollution tied to babies' ear infection risk

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* Air pollution tied to babies' ear infection risk.

<http://in.reuters.com/article/idINTRE6B162I20101202>

Babies and toddlers who live in areas with moderate air pollution

may have a higher risk of middle-ear infection than those

breathing cleaner air, a Canadian study suggests. The findings,

reported in the journal Epidemiology, do not prove that air

pollution itself was the cause. But if it is, that would allow

parents to influence their kids' risk of infection by moving to a

place with better air...

~Reuters

Residential Air Pollution and Otitis Media During the First Two Years of

Life. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21030866>

Macintyre EA, Karr CJ, Koehoorn M, Demers PA, Tamburic L, Lencar C,

Brauer M.

Epidemiology. 2010 Oct 27.

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