Women more affected than men by air pollution when running marathons
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 21:14
in Earth & Climate
Findings come from a comprehensive study that evaluated marathon race results, weather data, and air pollutant concentrations in seven marathons over a period of 8 to 28 years. The top three male and female finishing times were compared with the course record and contrasted with air pollutant levels, taking high temperatures that were detrimental to performance into consideration.