Journal article
Ambient wood smoke, traffic pollution and adult asthma prevalence and severity
DS Bui, JA Burgess, MC Matheson, B Erbas, J Perret, S Morrison, GG Giles, JL Hopper, PS Thomas, J Markos, MJ Abramson, EH Walters, SC Dharmage
Respirology | Published : 2013
DOI: 10.1111/resp.12108
Abstract
Background and objective: The impact of ambient wood smoke and traffic-related air pollution on adult asthma has not been well studied. This paper aims to investigate associations between exposure to ambient wood smoke, traffic-related air pollution and current asthma/asthma severity in middle age, and whether any associations are modified by atopic status. Methods: Using data from the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study, associations between ambient wood smoke and two indices of traffic-related air pollution (frequency of heavy vehicles near the home and frequency of intense traffic noise) and current asthma/asthma severity were investigated. Unconditional logistic regression to examine cur..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the TAHS study participants and previous investigators. We thank the TAHS investigators who are not co-authors of this manuscript (Associate Professor Mark Jenkins, Associate Professor Richard Wood-Baker and Dr Iain Feather) for their assistance with obtaining funds and data collection. We also acknowledge all the respiratory scientists who collected data in the lung function laboratories of Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. We gratefully acknowledge the role of Ms Cathryn May and Dr Desiree Meszaros in coordinating the study. We acknowledge all the funding bodies (National Health Medical Research Council of Australia, Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust and Asthma Foundations of Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland). Dr Matheson, Professor Hopper and Professor Dharmage are supported by the National Health Medical Research Council of Australia.