Asthma symptoms, spirometry and air pollution exposure in schoolchildren in an informal settlement and an affluent area of Nairobi, Kenya

Stockholm Environment Institute

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Abstract: This study appears to be the first to have compared asthma in children living in an informal settlement with children living in a more affluent area of the same city. It found that children living in the informal settlement are at an increased risk of severe symptoms but are also less likely to receive a diagnosis.