Mitigating the health effects of Desert Dust Storms through exposure reduction approaches: The LIFE MEDEA Asthma study.

P. Kouis (Nicosia, Cyprus), E. Michailidi (Heraklion, Greece), S. Papatheodorou (Boston, United States of America), M. Kakkoura (Nicosia, Cyprus), E. Dimitriou (Heraklion, Greece), P. Koutrakis (Boston, United States of America), E. Galanakis (Heraklion, Greece), P. Yiallouros (Nicosia, Cyprus)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Air pollution and the lungs
Session: Air pollution and the lungs
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 2831
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

Congress or journal article abstractE-poster

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
P. Kouis (Nicosia, Cyprus), E. Michailidi (Heraklion, Greece), S. Papatheodorou (Boston, United States of America), M. Kakkoura (Nicosia, Cyprus), E. Dimitriou (Heraklion, Greece), P. Koutrakis (Boston, United States of America), E. Galanakis (Heraklion, Greece), P. Yiallouros (Nicosia, Cyprus). Mitigating the health effects of Desert Dust Storms through exposure reduction approaches: The LIFE MEDEA Asthma study.. 2831

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Respiratory effects of laser printer emissions: A controlled exposure study
Source: International Congress 2015 – Occupational and environmental cohort investigations and population studies
Year: 2015

Dampness and mould on respiratory health – A longitudinal approach. Results from the MeDALL study
Source: International Congress 2016 – Predictors of asthma among children and adults
Year: 2016


Effect of Asian dust on pediatric asthma in Korea
Source: International Congress 2015 – More paediatric asthma and allergy
Year: 2015


Investigation of association between asthma occurrence and air pollutants using national health insurance claim data
Source: International Congress 2014 – Environmental respiratory diseases in children, teenagers and adults
Year: 2014


Adult asthma incidence and long term exposure to air pollution in six European cohorts: The European study of cohorts for air pollution effects (ESCAPE)
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Environment and lifestyle: associations with respiratory disease
Year: 2013


Late Breaking Abstract - The impact of the reduction of environmental pollution during COVID-19 lockdown on healthy individuals (POLCOV Study)
Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – Occupational rhinitis and asthma
Year: 2021


Quality of life in relation to the traffic indicators NO2 and NOx: Results from the Swedish GA2LEN survey
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Indoor and outdoor pollutants: ventilation, sprays, diesel particles, asthma and COPD
Year: 2013

Air quality evaluation and respiratory health effects according to weather conditions in a Korean cit
Source: International Congress 2014 – Occupational respiratory diseases
Year: 2014

Reduction personal exposure to black carbon during commuting in London - A feasibility study
Source: International Congress 2015 – Occupational and environmental exposure assessment and biomarkers
Year: 2015

Asthma innovation landscape: The Asthma Lab pilot programme
Source: International Congress 2019 – M-health/e-health II
Year: 2019

Exposure to household air pollution and respiratory symptoms in Nepal: A cross-sectional study
Source: International Congress 2014 – Chronic and acute environmental exposure effect during childhood and in the elderly
Year: 2014

Development and implementation of an awareness programme addressing household air pollution and tobacco smoke: a FRESH AIR project
Source: International Congress 2019 – Treatment of airway diseases in primary care
Year: 2019


The effects of smoking on asthmatic children - how can we study this in indoor air quality
Source: International Congress 2014 – Chronic and acute environmental exposure effect during childhood and in the elderly
Year: 2014


Effect of long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and COPD- The multi-centre ESCAPE project
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –From air pollution during pregnancy to respiratory diseases at work
Year: 2013


Respiratory medication sales and urban air pollution in Brussels (2005 to 2011)
Source: International Congress 2016 – Population-based insights into occupational and environmental lung disease
Year: 2016



Assessment of asthma control and associated risk factors: findings from the Klang Asthma Cohort Study in Malaysia
Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – Primary care organisation and epidemiology
Year: 2021


Tobacco smoke: Environmental control in a public hospital of Rome
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Passive smoking, children and students (young adults)
Year: 2013

The effects of traffic-related air pollution on allergic and respiratory health in children using a dispersion model: the French Six Cities Study
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 265s
Year: 2005

Air pollution and health: recent advances in air pollution epidemiology to inform the European Green Deal: a joint workshop report of ERS, WHO, ISEE and HEI
Source: Eur Respir J, 56 (5) 2002575; 10.1183/13993003.02575-2020
Year: 2020



Design and conduct of facility-based surveillance for severe childhood pneumonia in the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial
Source: ERJ Open Res, 6 (1) 00308-2019; 10.1183/23120541.00308-2019
Year: 2020