Air pollution may be associated with increased mental health disorders in children, a study has found. And children in disadvantaged areas were found to be more vulnerable to the effects of pollution -- particularly regarding anxiety and suicidal thoughts
The study, published Wednesday in the Environmental Health Perspectives journal, found that short-term exposure to high ambient air pollution corresponded with a rise in visits to the children's psychiatric emergency department.Carried out over five years, the study said there was previous evidence linking harmful particulate matter with increased psychiatric disorders in adults, but that this effect on children's mental health has not yet been examined.
They also found that children in disadvantaged areas, of lower socioeconomic class or less access to healthcare, were more vulnerable to the psychiatric effects of pollution spikes -- particularly the disorders of anxiety and suicidal thoughts.
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