Chronic Cough: an Asian Perspective. Part 1: Epidemiology

Overview

Journal Asia Pac Allergy

Publisher Wolters Kluwer

Date 2015 Aug 5

PMID 26240790

Citations 14

Authors

Woo-Jung Song

Shoaib Faruqi

Jettanong Klaewsongkram

Seung-Eun Lee

Yoon-Seok Chang

Affiliations

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Abstract

Asia is one of the most diverse and dynamic continents. Due to recent rapid industrialisation and urbanisation, morbidity patterns are likely to be diverse in Asian populations. Chronic cough is a disease condition resulting from host-environmental interactions, and is associated with a high global epidemiological burden. However, the underlying epidemiology remains unclear, particularly in Asia. We performed a literature search to identify peer-reviewed articles on chronic cough in community-based adult Asian populations that have been published between January 2000 and June 2015. In this review, we aim to examine the epidemiological characteristics and determinants of chronic cough in several geographical areas of Asia.

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