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Low-level ozone has both respiratory and systemic effects in African American adolescents with asthma despite asthma controller therapy.
Hernandez, ML, Dhingra, R, Burbank, AJ, Todorich, K, Loughlin, CE, Frye, M, Duncan, K, Robinette, C, Mills, K, Devlin, RB, et al
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology. 2018;(6):1974-1977.e3
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Abstract
In a cohort of African American adolescents with persistent asthma on guidelines-based daily controller therapies, short–term elevation of low ozone levels below the National Ambient Air Quality Standard of 70 ppb were associated with lung function decrements and elevated lipid levels.