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dc.contributor.authorKurmi, Om Pen_UK
dc.contributor.authorSemple, Seanen_UK
dc.contributor.authorDevereux, Grahamen_UK
dc.contributor.authorGaihre, Santoshen_UK
dc.contributor.authorLam, Kin Bong Huberten_UK
dc.contributor.authorSadhra, Stevenen_UK
dc.contributor.authorSteiner, Markus FCen_UK
dc.contributor.authorSimkhada, Padamen_UK
dc.contributor.authorSmith, William CSen_UK
dc.contributor.authorAyres, Jon Gen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-17T01:39:01Z-
dc.date.available2018-04-17T01:39:01Z-
dc.date.issued2014-11-06en_UK
dc.identifier.other92en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/27049-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Half of the world's population is exposed to household air pollution from biomass burning. This study aimed to assess the relationship between respiratory symptoms and biomass smoke exposure in rural and urban Nepal.  Methods: A cross-sectional study of adults (16+ years) in a rural population (n = 846) exposed to biomass smoke and a non-exposed urban population (n = 802) in Nepal. A validated questionnaire was used along with measures of indoor air quality (PM2.5 and CO) and outdoor PM2.5.  Results: Both men and women exposed to biomass smoke reported more respiratory symptoms compared to those exposed to clean fuel. Women exposed to biomass were more likely to complain of ever wheeze (32.0 % vs. 23.5%; p = 0.004) and breathlessness (17.8% vs. 12.0%, p = 0.017) compared to males with tobacco smoking being a major risk factor. Chronic cough was similar in both the biomass and non-biomass smoke exposed groups whereas chronic phlegm was reported less frequently by participants exposed to biomass smoke. Higher PM2.5 levels (≥2 SDs of the 24-hour mean) were associated with breathlessness (OR = 2.10, 95% CI 1.47, 2.99) and wheeze (1.76, 1.37, 2.26).  Conclusions: The study suggests that while those exposed to biomass smoke had higher prevalence of respiratory symptoms, urban dwellers (who were exposed to higher ambient air pollution) were more at risk of having productive cough.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_UK
dc.relationKurmi OP, Semple S, Devereux G, Gaihre S, Lam KBH, Sadhra S, Steiner MF, Simkhada P, Smith WC & Ayres JG (2014) The effect of exposure to biomass smoke on respiratory symptoms in adult rural and urban Nepalese populations. Environmental Health, 13, Art. No.: 92. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-13-92en_UK
dc.rights© Kurmi et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectRespiratory symptomsen_UK
dc.subjectbreathlessnessen_UK
dc.subjectphlegmen_UK
dc.subjectsolid fuelen_UK
dc.subjecthousehold air pollutionen_UK
dc.titleThe effect of exposure to biomass smoke on respiratory symptoms in adult rural and urban Nepalese populationsen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1476-069X-13-92en_UK
dc.identifier.pmid25374400en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleEnvironmental Healthen_UK
dc.citation.issn1476-069Xen_UK
dc.citation.volume13en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.citation.date06/11/2014en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Oxforden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationInstitute for Social Marketingen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Aberdeenen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Aberdeenen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Birminghamen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Birminghamen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Aberdeenen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Sheffielden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Aberdeenen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Birminghamen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000345794800002en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84920848141en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid881370en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-0462-7295en_UK
dc.date.accepted2014-10-28en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2014-10-28en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2018-04-10en_UK
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local.rioxx.authorKurmi, Om P|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSemple, Sean|0000-0002-0462-7295en_UK
local.rioxx.authorDevereux, Graham|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorGaihre, Santosh|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorLam, Kin Bong Hubert|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSadhra, Steven|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSteiner, Markus FC|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSimkhada, Padam|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSmith, William CS|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorAyres, Jon G|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2018-04-16en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/|2018-04-16|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameKurmi et al.pdfen_UK
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