Time Trends of Greenspaces, Air Pollution, and Asthma Prevalence among Children and Adolescents in India.

ABSTRACT: The prevalence of childhood asthma contributes to the global burden of the disease substantially. Air pollution in India has increased. In this study, we examine the associations among greenspaces, air pollution, and asthma prevalence in children and adolescents over a large, diverse population in India. We used state-wide global burden of disease data on asthma from age 0 to 19 years in 2005, 2011, and 2017. For greenspace, we used the normalized differential vegetation index (NDVI), which is the surface reflectance of light during photosynthetic activity. NDVI, air pollutants (PM_2.5, PM₁₀, SO₂, NO₂, and O₃), weather, and socio-demographic factors were included in generalized estimating equation (GEE) models to estimate their associat

SUBMITTER: Malamardi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9690186 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature