Small Airway Dysfunction Affects One in Five Indian Adolescents: The Multicity APEAL Study
Abstract
Summary Small airway dysfunction affected one in five adolescents and varied substantially across four Indian cities. Age, sex and study city, but not ambient PM 2.5 or NO 2 , were independently associated with FEF 25–75 .
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Authors: Mohammed Kaleem Ullah, Anant Mohan, Rajesh K. Thimmulappa, Harish C. Phuleria, Santu Ghosh, Rajesh Majumder, Swapnali Patil, Priya Samdarshi, Sathish Chandran Mayigaiah, Ashwaghosha Parthasarathi, Jayaraj Biligere Siddaiah, Twinkle Agrawal, George D′Souza, P A Mahesh
Institutions: JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, St.John's Medical College Hospital, St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences