Rationale and methodology of a multicentric prospective cohort study on ‘Longitudinal Effects of Air Pollution Exposure on Adolescent Lungs (APEAL)’ in urban India: APEAL protocol
The approval from individual site institutional review board (IRB) is obtained prior to initiation of the study from institutional ethics committee, St. John's Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore; institutional ethics committee, JSS Medical College, Mysore; institute ethics committee, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and institute ethics committee, All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Findings from this study will be disseminated through conference presentations, peer-reviewed publications and establishment of normal age-appropriate lung function reference values for children living in urban India.
Authors
- Harish Chandra Phuleria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5801-0015)
- Rajesh K. Thimmulappa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-1323)
- Padukudru Anand Mahesh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1632-5945)
- Swapnali Patil
- Minu Rose Mani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6660-1003)
- Amruta Nori‐Sarma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2335-6811)
- George D′Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0343-4675)
- Twinkle Agrawal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4636-3846)
- Jayaraj Biligere Siddaiah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6055-4580)
- Gregory A. Wellenius (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0427-7376)
- Priya Samdarshi
- Anant Mohan
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IN)
- St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- JSS Medical College and Hospital (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106329
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
- The Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance