title: Chronic cough: an Asian perspective. Part 1: Epidemiology.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Korea. ; Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea.
authors.forename: Woo-Jung
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Studies, University of Hull and Hull York Medical School, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham HU16 5JQ, UK.
authors.forename: Shoaib
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Faruqi
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Group, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
authors.forename: Jettanong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klaewsongkram
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan 626-700, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Eun
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Korea. ; Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea. ; Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam 463-707, Korea.
authors.forename: Yoon-Seok
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chang
keywords: Asia; Cough; Epidemiology; Risk Factors