Impact of changes in transportation and commuting behaviors during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta on air quality and childhood asthma.

By Shirley Yoder, R. G. S. Chwartz, M. Auer, R. Yancik, M. N. W. Esley, R. J. H. Avlik, B. Edwards, J. K. Y. Ates, M. Friedman, K. E. P. Owell and 2 more. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2001

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Air Pollution and Infant Health: What Can We Learn from California's Recent Experience? (2005, background): “Arden Pope, who investigated the health effects of the temporary closing of a Utah steel mill (Pope, 1989; Ransom and Pope, 1992; Pope, Schwartz, and Ransom (1992)) and to Friedman et al. (2001) who examine the effect of changes in traffic patterns in Atlanta due to the 1996 Olympic games.”
Improving health through policies that promote active travel: a review of evidence to support integrated health impact assessment. (2011, background): “Temporary reductions in traffic during specific events, such as Olympic Games (Friedman et al., 2001; Wang and Xie, 2009) and military conflict (Yuval et al.”
International ERS/ATS guidelines on definition, evaluation and treatment of severe asthma (2013, background): “environmental ozone levels following reduction in traffic congestion was associated with improvement in asthma outcomes in an urban environment [177].”
Public transit investment and sustainable transportation: A review of studies of transit's impact on traffic congestion and air quality (2015, background): “Friedman et al. (2001) examine the effects of traffic volume changes on the local air quality in Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games and find that the imposed traffic restrictions in downtown Atlanta (which reduced weekday morning traffic counts by 22.5”
Health effects of particulate air pollution: A review of epidemiological evidence (2011, background): “, 2002), asthma-related hospital admissions and emergency room visits (Friedman et al., 2001) and an attenuation in lung function decline (Downs et al.”
Airports, Air Pollution, and Contemporaneous Health (2016, methodology): “15The exact ICD-9 codes are: asthma: [493, 494); acute respiratory: [460,479), [493,495), [500,509), [514,515), [516,520); all respiratory: [460, 520); heart problems: [410, 430); stroke [430, 439); bone fractures [800, 830); appendicitis: [540, 544).”