TY - JOUR T1 - Increased wheezing risk with diesel exposure among children of younger mothers JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/09031936.00227214 SP - ERJ-02272-2014 AU - Paloma I. Beamer AU - Nathan Lothrop AU - Debra A. Stern AU - Dean Billheimer AU - Anne L. Wright AU - Fernando D. Martinez Y1 - 2015/04/16 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2015/04/16/09031936.00227214.abstract N2 - Lower respiratory tract illnesses (LRIs) are the largest cause of mortality among young children worldwide [1], and are associated with altered lung function, immune system development and respiratory disease in adulthood [2, 3]. Several studies have demonstrated associations between wheezing LRIs in early life and exposure to diesel traffic related air pollutants (D-TRAP) [1, 4, 5]. We, along with others, have previously demonstrated that younger maternal age at birth is also a risk factor for wheezing LRIs in the first year of life [6, 7]. Why children of younger mothers are more susceptible is unknown, but both altered responses to environmental challenges in their offspring due to maternal immaturity [6] and increased socioeconomic and environmental risks have been proposed as causes [8]. Association of wheeze with diesel pollution exposure is stronger in children of younger mothers http://ow.ly/KMHTy ER -