Air pollution is a suspected developmental neurotoxicant. Many schools are located in
close proximity to busy roads, and traffic air pollution peaks when children are at school. We
aimed to assess whether exposure of children in primary school to traffic-related air pollutants is associated with impaired cognitive development.

Published Mar 3, 2015

Sunyer, J., Esnaola, M., Alvarez-Pedrerol, M., Forns, J., Rivas, I., López-Vicente, M., Suades-González, E., Foraster, M., Garcia-Esteban, R., Basagaña, X., Viana, M., Cirach, M., Moreno, T., Alastuey, A., Sebastian-Galles, N., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., & Querol, X. (2015). Association between Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Schools and Cognitive Development in Primary School Children: A Prospective Cohort Study. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001792