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1 Changing trends and challenges in the management of asthma in Asia
Woo-Jung Song, MD, PhD, Gary W.K. Wong, MD  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology  Volume 140, Issue 5, Pages (November 2017) DOI: /j.jaci Copyright © 2017 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 A, Historical trends in the ratio of rural per total population in different continents: Adapted from “World urbanization prospects: the 2014 revision” by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, © (2014) United Nations. Reprinted with the permission of the United Nations. Custom data were acquired from the following Web site: B, Mean population exposure to PM2.5 in Asian and Western countries. Results are based on data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( ), “Exposure to PM2.5 in countries and regions,” (accessed September 11, 2017). Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology  , DOI: ( /j.jaci ) Copyright © 2017 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Increasing burden of asthma and related environmental risk factors in Asia. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology  , DOI: ( /j.jaci ) Copyright © 2017 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Terms and Conditions


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