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Children living near highways are more susceptible to respiratory diseases
Sep 9 2008, Anupam Agnihotri

As a child, those who live near highways may not have fully developed lungs, which may turn such children more vulnerable to several respiratory and heart problems in the later phase of their lives. This fact popped out of a study conducted by U.S....

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