Journal name: Environmental science and pollution research international / Publication Year: 2018 / Subject: asthma

Author:: Bukola G. Olutola; Nico Claassen; Janine Wichmann; Kuku Voyi
Source:: Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.33 pp. 33455-33463
ISSN:: 0944-1344
Subject:: questionnaires; income; probability; mothers; trucks; cough; children; asthma; tobacco use; educational status; childhood; South Africa
Abstract:: ... We examined the factors associated with mother-reported wheeze and dry cough in children living in Tembisa, a residential and industrial community in South Africa. A cross-sectional sample of parents reported wheezing and dry cough in children (aged 1 to 26 months) by completing the standardised International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood questionnaire with additional questions concer ...
DOI:: 10.1007/s11356-018-3304-4
: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-3304-4

Author:: Logaraj Ramakreshnan; Nasrin Aghamohammadi; Chng Saun Fong; Awang Bulgiba; Rafdzah Ahmad Zaki; Li Ping Wong; Nik Meriam Sulaiman
Source:: Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.3 pp. 2096-2111
ISSN:: 0944-1344
Subject:: asthma; children; databases; elderly; emissions; epidemiological studies; human physiology; laboratory experimentation; mental health; models; morbidity; mortality; neoplasms; planning; pollutants; risk; systematic review; throat; time series analysis; toxicity; South East Asia
Abstract:: ... Seasonal haze episodes and the associated inimical health impacts have become a regular crisis among the ASEAN countries. Even though many emerging experimental and epidemiological studies have documented the plausible health effects of the predominating toxic pollutants of haze, the consistency among the reported findings by these studies is poorly understood. By addressing such gap, this review ...
DOI:: 10.1007/s11356-017-0860-y
: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0860-y

Author:: Mohammad Ghanbari Ghozikali; Khalil Ansarin; Kazem Naddafi; Ramin Nabizadeh Nodehi; Kamyar Yaghmaeian; Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand; Masud Yunesian
Source:: Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.3 pp. 2184-2193
ISSN:: 0944-1344
Subject:: adolescents; asthma; atopy; automobiles; chronic diseases; cross-sectional studies; educational status; high schools; males; obesity; parents; patients; pets; questionnaires; risk factors; traffic; Iran
Abstract:: ... Asthma is an important chronic disease all over the world. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of asthma in a population of male late adolescents and its association with some contributing risk factors in northwest of Iran. This cross-sectional study was carried out in selected high schools of Tabriz, Iran, in 2016. The asthma prevalence and patient background information were ex ...
DOI:: 10.1007/s11356-017-0553-6
: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0553-6

Author:: Shohreh Rabiee; Hassan Mousavi; Morteza Abdullatif Khafaie
Source:: Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.36 pp. 36158-36162
ISSN:: 0944-1344
Subject:: indirect contact; planning; public health; autumn; interviews; humidity; rain; asthma; dust; patients; storms; dyspnea; air pollution; climatic factors; Iran
Abstract:: ... Previous studies that described thunderstorm asthma, which is a rare event, are not being well explained. This study was conducted, to describe the patient perspective on their asthma attack experience during Ahvaz post-rain phenomenon. We have interviewed patients present in the Naft clinic of Ahvaz, during 28th October and the first week of November 2015. Recruitment was continued as saturation ...
DOI:: 10.1007/s11356-018-3478-9
: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-3478-9

Author:: Daniela Nuvolone; Davide Petri; Fabio Voller
Source:: Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.9 pp. 8074-8088
ISSN:: 0944-1344
Subject:: European Union; World Health Organization; air pollutants; air pollution; asthma; children; disability-adjusted life year; guidelines; health effects assessments; human health; laws and regulations; long term effects; monitoring; morbidity; mortality; ozone; statistics; Italy
Abstract:: ... Ozone is a highly reactive, oxidative gas associated with adverse health outcome, including mortality and morbidity. Data from monitoring sites worldwide show levels of ozone often exceeding EU legislation threshold and the more restrictive WHO guidelines for the protection of human health. Well-established evidence has been produced for short-term effects, especially on respiratory and cardiovasc ...
DOI:: 10.1007/s11356-017-9239-3
: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9239-3

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