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Studies examining trafficrelated air pollutants in adults have shown positive associations with both asthma prevalence and current asthma. Cross-sectional data from 892 adults indicated current asthma prevalence in a coal mining community in Appalachian Kentucky was 18.2%; COPD was estimated at 25.9%. The adjusted prevalence ratio for those who self-reported current asthma was 1.68 (95% CI: 1.11-2.54) and for COPD was 2.47 (95% CI: 1.62-3.74) in communities with mountaintop removal coal mining in comparison to referent communities without mining. The authors present . . .
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