The burden of non-communicable lung disease in urban Malawi

Kevin J. Mortimer (Liverpool, United Kingdom), Kevin Mortimer, Hadia Azhar, Jaymini Patel, Sabrina Kapur, Louisa Gnatiuc, Peter Burney, Kourtney Davis, Gilbert Nadeau, Moffat Nyirenda, Stephen Gordon

Source: International Congress 2015 – Prevalence of respiratory disease
Session: Prevalence of respiratory disease
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1127
Disease area: Airway diseases

Congress or journal article abstract

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
Kevin J. Mortimer (Liverpool, United Kingdom), Kevin Mortimer, Hadia Azhar, Jaymini Patel, Sabrina Kapur, Louisa Gnatiuc, Peter Burney, Kourtney Davis, Gilbert Nadeau, Moffat Nyirenda, Stephen Gordon. The burden of non-communicable lung disease in urban Malawi. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 1127

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:
Household air pollution, smoking, and chronic respiratory disease in low and middle-income countries
Source: International Congress 2014 – Risk factors for respiratory disease
Year: 2014

Prevalence of COPD and its risk factors in a rural area of Uganda
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Outdoor and indoor environment: respiratory diseases from asthma to asbestosis
Year: 2013


Trends in mortality from respiratory diseases in Greece during the financial crisis
Source: International Congress 2016 – Burden of respiratory diseases: from environmental aspects to healthcare consumption
Year: 2016


The correlation between urbanization and mortality of common respiratory diseases in China
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Outdoor and indoor environment: respiratory diseases from asthma to asbestosis
Year: 2013


Screening assessment of the burden of disease due to air pollution in eleven Polish agglomerations
Source: International Congress 2014 – Epidemiology of asthma
Year: 2014


Residence in a urban area close to a petrochemical complex and its impact on allergic respiratory diseases in Italian schoolchildren
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Environment and lifestyle: associations with respiratory disease
Year: 2013


Prevalence of self-reported chronic respiratory symptoms and diseases among elderly people in communities located near gold mine tailings impoundments in South Africa
Source: International Congress 2014 – Chronic and acute environmental exposure effect during childhood and in the elderly
Year: 2014

Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) amongst farmers in rural India
Source: International Congress 2015 – Occupational factors in COPD and bronchitis
Year: 2015


Impact of urban air pollution on influenza
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Epidemiology of respiratory disease
Year: 2013


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

Occupational organic dust exposure and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Denmark
Source: International Congress 2015 – Occupational factors in COPD and bronchitis
Year: 2015


Chronic air pollution and health burden in Dhaka city
Source: Eur Respir J, 56 (2) 2000689; 10.1183/13993003.00689-2020
Year: 2020



Respiratory mortality risks in England and Wales associated with air pollution exposures up to 38 years previously
Source: International Congress 2016 – Population-based insights into occupational and environmental lung disease
Year: 2016


Chronic bronchitis and COPD among textile workers in Pakistan: Findings from a cross-sectional survey
Source: International Congress 2015 – Occupational factors in COPD and bronchitis
Year: 2015


Indoor pollution and respiratory health in the Himalayas
Source: International Congress 2016 – The indoor and ambient environments
Year: 2016

Occupational air pollutants – More hazardous for respiratory health than smoking? Report from the obstructive lung disease in northern Sweden studies
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Environmental exposure and other risk factors for airway diseases
Year: 2012

Geographical variation of prevalence, and under-diagnosis of COPD in urban and rural communities of China: Finding from China Kadoorie Biobank of 0.5M people
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Assessing the prevalence of COPD in the general population
Year: 2013


Costs of childhood asthma due to traffic-related pollution in two California communities
Source: Eur Respir J 2012; 40: 363-370
Year: 2012



Prevalence and risk factors of COPD among never-smokers in two areas of Sweden - Occupational exposure to gas, dust or fumes is an important risk factor
Source: International Congress 2015 – Prevalence of respiratory disease
Year: 2015


Prevalence and determinants of COPD in 320,000 never smokers in China: Results from the China Kadoorie Biobank study
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Environment and lifestyle: associations with respiratory disease
Year: 2013