ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Smog-Asthma Link.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2002 TOPIC: A study of 3,000 kids in southern California claims that smog not only worsens asthma, but can actually cause it. The study focused on child athletes because while exercising they take in, on average, 10 to 20 times more air than sedentary children, according to a story by USAToday. The study results suggest that athletic children living in high-smog areas were three to four times more likely to develop asthma than non-athletic children in the same areas. Athletic children in low-smog areas did not experience an increase occurrence of asthma, the story said. The study, which was conducted by scientists at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine, will be published Saturday in The Lancet. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Dr. Yossef Aelony is an expert in the treatment of asthma and other respiratory diseases. During his 32 years in practices, he has published several articles on asthma in the emergency room, and has given more than 100 talks on its treatment. PR: Laura Marshall, Media Relations Consultant laura.h.marshall@kp.org Prof. Roy Rando is a Professor of Environmental Health Science at Tulane University History Founding/early history The University dates from 1834 as the Medical College of Louisiana.<ref name="facts" /> With the addition of a law department, it became The University of Louisiana School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine tropical medicine, study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of certain diseases prevalent in the tropics. The warmth and humidity of the tropics and the often unsanitary conditions under which so many people in those areas live contribute to the development and . He is an expert in occupational respiratory diseases with particular emphasis on exposure assessment and control, and epidemiology. 504/588-5374 Prof. John Froines John R. Froines is a chemist and anti-war activist. He is most noted as a member of the Chicago Seven, a group charged with involvement with the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. Froines, who holds a Ph.D. is Director of the Center for Occupational & Environmental Health at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . Froines directs the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Center for Airborne Particulate Matter particulate matter n. Abbr. PM Material suspended in the air in the form of minute solid particles or liquid droplets, especially when considered as an atmospheric pollutant. Noun 1. , a multi-university center for studying air pollution caused by tiny particulate matter in the Los Angeles area. Froines has served as Director of Toxic Substances at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. agency established (1970) in the Dept. of Labor (see Labor, United States Department of) to develop and enforce regulations for the safety and health of workers in businesses that are engaged in interstate and Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, n.pr an institute of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that is responsible for assuring safe and healthful working conditions and for developing standards of safety and health. . He has been active at the state level in advising the state Air Resources Board on efforts to curb diesel vehicle emissions. PR: Dan Page dpage@support.ucla.edu ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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