Cross-sectional study of asthma and rhinitis symptoms in the context of exposure to air pollution in Nepal

ERJ Open Res. 2015 May 1;1(1):00004-2015. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00004-2015.

Authors

Delan Devakumar¹, Jonathan G Ayres², Suzanne Bartington³, Janet Stocks⁴, Shiva Shankar Chaube⁵, Naomi M Saville¹, Dharma S Manandhar⁵, Anthony Costello¹, David Osrin¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Global Health, UCL, London, UK.
² Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham UK.
³ Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK.
⁴ Institute of Child Health, UCL and Great Ormond St Hospital for Children NHS Trust Foundation, London, UK.
⁵ Mother and Infant Research Activities, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Abstract

Amongst children in rural Nepal, an association of dry cough with air pollution was seen only in boys http://ow.ly/MOa5u

Keywords: Nepal; air pollutants; asthma; child; rhinitis.

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