Associations between environmental exposures and asthma control and exacerbations in young children: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To complete a systematic review of the literature describing associations between all environmental exposures and asthma symptoms and exacerbations in children up to mean age of 9 years.

Design

Systematic review.

Setting

Reference lists of identified studies and reviews were searched for all articles published until November 2013 in electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Controls Trials Register).

Participants

Studies were selected which examined a link between exposure to environmental factors and asthma symptoms and exacerbations where the study participants were children with a mean age of ≤9 years.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Indices of asthma symptoms, control and exacerbations.

Results

A total of 27 stud

SUBMITTER: Dick S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3927936 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature