Research Perspectives on Air Pollution and Human Health in Asia

Guinot, Benjamin; Annesi‐Maesano, Isabella

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59489-7_24

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“…However, there is a need for nationally representative studies that incorporate quantitative exposure data to evaluate the impact and association between air quality and respiratory disease in adults and children in Lao PDR. Additionally, according to Guinot and Annesi-Maesano [62], when compared with other regions of the world, differences in patterns of exposure and biological responses have been observed in Asia. Understanding these differences will require integrated research units to tackle the unique methodological and technical challenges represented by these differences.…”

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Air Pollution in a Nationally Representative Sample: Findings from the National Adult Tobacco Survey of Lao PDR

Hurd-Kundeti

Petersen

Somsamouth³

et al. 2019

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In Southeast Asia, household air pollution (HAP) from solid fuel use is the leading cause of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), a risk which is compounded by exposure to other sources of indoor and outdoor air pollution including secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS). The purpose of this study was to measure the individual and combined prevalence of exposure to household and community sources of air pollution in a national sample of adults in Lao PDR. We analyzed data from the 2012 National Adult Tobacco Survey (NATSL) of Lao PDR—a multi-stage stratified cluster sample of 9706 subjects from 2822 households located in all 17 provinces. Our findings indicate a high prevalence of exposure to household air pollution from cooking fires (78%) and SHS exposure in the home (74.5%). More than a third (32.8%) reported exposure to both inside the home. Exposure to outdoor sources of smoke from cooking, trash, and crop fires was substantial (30.1% to 56.0%). The aggregation of exposures from multiple sources of household air pollution raises the need for initiatives that establish programmatic linkages in the health, environmental, and agricultural sectors to provide a comprehensive strategy to reduce risk factors for respiratory disease in Lao PDR and the region.

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