ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine2012
Respiratory health status of children from two different air pollution exposure settings of Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional study.
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- Changes in children's respiratory morbidity and residential exposure factors over 25 years in Chongqing, China.Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Article
- Geostatistical predictive modeling for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using socioeconomic and environmental determinants.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2019Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of wheezing illnesses of children aged three to five years living in under-served settlements of the Colombo Municipal Council in Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Indoor air pollution and respiratory health of children in the developing world.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2013Review
- A profile of biomass stove use in Sri Lanka.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2012Article
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backgroundHealth effects due to air pollution is becoming a major public health problem with growing traffic congestion and establishment of small- to medium-scale industries with poor emission controls in urban cities of Sri Lanka.
methodsRespiratory health status of 7- to 10-year-old children in two settings (urban and semi-urban) was assessed using standard questionnaires. Information on socio-demographic characteristics and potential determinants of both outdoor and indoor air pollutants exposure levels were also obtained. The respiratory health status of children in the two settings was compared.
resultsWe found that children from the urban setting had a significantly higher prevalence of wheezing within the last 12 months as compared to children from the semi-urban setting (adjusted OR = 2.02; 95% CI = 1.13-3.59). Indoor cooking with unclean fuels was a risk factor for wheezing independent of the area of residence (adjusted OR = 1.57; 95% CI = 1.01-2.46).
conclusionsPoor indoor air quality was a major determinant of wheezing for the overall study group. Children from urban areas of Sri Lanka have poorer respiratory health status as compared to children from semi-urban areas. Besides poor outdoor air quality, this difference may also be due to other unexplored factors which may differ between urban and semi-urban areas in Sri Lanka.
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