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Pollution major contributor to asthma [1]

Twenty-five per cent of children who visit paediatricians in the city suffer from asthma. Half of them suffer from the disorder because of pollution and the remaining due to genetics.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2015
Hindu (Hyderabad) [2]
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh [3], Air Pollution [4], Asthma [5], Respiratory Diseases [6], Children [7], Child Health [8], Health Effects [9]
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