2024
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Hazardous air pollutants are associated with worse performance in reading, math, and science among US primary schoolchildren
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108925
Grineski, Sara E.
North America
Observational
Epidemiological
Students
Elementary (K-5)
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Particulate Matter (PM)
Test performance
primary school
Academic achievement
Air pollution
Math
Science
and reading
Early childhood longitudinal study
Kindergarten cohort
Used longitudinal data from 16,000 US children to link kindergarten HAP exposure to reduced reading, math, and science scores through grade 3. Adds evidence that air pollution impairs academic development.
2019