Short-term exposure to fine particulate pollution exacerbates existing pulmonary and cardiovascular disease and long-term repeated exposures increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and death.

Findings from this mother and birth cohort study suggest that prenatal exposure to outdoor
air pollution, measured as Nitogen Dioxide, affects the anthropometric development of the fetus, reducing its length and head circumference and increasing the risk of having a small for gestational age (in weight) baby.

We have demonstrated for the first time that residential exposure to highly trafficked roads is associated with coronary atherosclerosis in a population-based study.

We found an association between residential proximity to traffic and mortality.

This study implicates ambient pollution, particularly Nitrogen Dioxide, as an important contributor to asthma morbidity particularly in young children and the elderly.

The evidence for the impact of air pollution on infant mortality, primarily due to respiratory deaths in the post-neonatal period, seems to be solid.

The data already available provide strong evidence that the respiratory health of children, particularly those with increased susceptibility such as children with asthma, will benefit substantially from a reduction in current levels of air pollution, especially that from motor vehicle exhausts.