Residential greenness and allergic respiratory diseases in children and adolescents – A systematic review and meta-analysis

KA Lambert; G Bowatte; R Tham; C Lodge; L Prendergast; J Heinrich; MJ Abramson; SC Dharmage; B Erbas

Journal article

Residential greenness and allergic respiratory diseases in children and adolescents – A systematic review and meta-analysis

KA Lambert, G Bowatte, R Tham, C Lodge, L Prendergast, J Heinrich, MJ Abramson, SC Dharmage, B Erbas

Environmental Research | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.08.002

Abstract

Background The aetiology of allergic respiratory disease in children is not yet fully understood. Environmental factors are believed to play a major part. The amount of green vegetation surrounding the home (residential greenness) has been recently identified as a potentially important exposure Objectives Our goal was to provide a systematic review and quantitative summary of the evidence regarding the relationship between residential greenness and allergic respiratory diseases in children. Methods Peer-reviewed literature published prior to 1 March 2017 was systematically searched using nine electronic databases. Meta-analyses were conducted if at least three studies published risk estimate..

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Gayan Bowatte Author

Rachel Tham Author

Caroline Lodge Author

Michael Abramson Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

Katrina Lambert is funded by a La Trobe University Ph.D. Postgraduate Scholarship and a RFA: Building Healthy Communities top-up scholarship. Shyamali Dharmage is supported by the National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia. (GNT1055754) Rachel Thom is funded by a National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC ID1020238) Research Training Program Scholarship (Grant no. GNT1055754) and a Centre for Air quality & health Research and evaluation (NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence) top-up scholarship.