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Book chapters

  1. Kurmi OP, Jones, L, et al. Conducting systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Himal Books (Social Science Baha), Kathmandu, Nepal (In press)
  2. Kurmi OP, Lam KBH, Ayres JG Health effects of air pollution in high and low-income countries. Oxford Textbook of Medicine, 6th Edition. Oxford Press. Print ISBN-13: 9780198746690 Published online: Jan 2020 DOI: 10.1093/med/9780198746690.001.0001
  3. Newell K, Kartsonaki C, Cusack R, Kurmi OP. Household air pollution and associated health effects in low- and middle-income countries. New Encyclopaedia in Respiratory Medicine, 2nd Edition, Elsevier Publications. Doi: DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.11494-1 
  4. Lam KBH, Kurmi OP, Ayres JG. COPD in Non-smokers. A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases.2012 Y.-C. T. Huang, A. J. Ghio and L. A. Maier, Humana Press: 265-276. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-62703-149-3 
  5. Kurmi OP and Ayres JG. Indoor air pollution in developing countries. In: Editors Ayres JG, Harrison R, Nichols G, and Maynard R. Textbook of Environmental Medicine. London. Hodder publication.  2010.

Peer-reviewed Journal articles

  1. Wright N, Newell K, Chan KH, Gilbert S, Hacker A, Lu Y, Guo Y, Pei P, Yu C, Lv J, Chen J, Li L, Kurmi O, Chen Z, Lam KBH, Kartsonaki C. Long-term ambient air pollution exposure and cardio-respiratory disease in China: findings from a prospective cohort study. Environmental Health. 2023;22(1):30. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-023-00978-9
  2. Van Dusen RA, Abernethy K, Chaudhary N, Paudyal V, Kurmi O. Association of the COVID-19 pandemic on stroke admissions and treatment globally: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2023;13(3): e062734. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062734
  3. Aithal SS, Sachdeva I, Kurmi OP. Air Quality and Respiratory Health in Children. Breathe. 2023;19(2):230040. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1183/20734735.0040-2023
  4. Aithal SS, Bhargava V, Adekoya A, Chaudhary N, Tyagi SK, Kurmi OP. Air Quality in Low- and Middle-Income countries: What is the impact on respiratory morbidity and mortality? Eur Resp Review 2023 (in press)https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/11973
  5. Satia I, Mayhew AJ, Sohel N, Kurmi O, Killian KJ, O’Byrne PM, Raina P. Impact of productive and dry chronic cough on mortality in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). J Thorac Dis. 2022;14(12):5087-5096. Doi: https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-22-1306
  6. Satia I, Mayhew AJ, Sohel N, Kurmi O, Killian KJ, O’Byrne PM, Raina P. Impact of mental health and personality traits on the incidence of chronic cough in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. European Respiratory Journal Open Research. 2022; 8(2):00119-2022. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00119-2022
  7. Satia I, Mayhew AJ, Sohel N, Kurmi O, Killian KJ, O’Connell ME, O’Byrne PM, Raina P. Language and geographical location influence the incidence of chronic cough in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. European Respiratory Journal Open Research 2022; 8(1):00721-2021. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00721-2021
  8. Patel M, Shrestha MK, Manandhar A, Gurung R, Sadhra S, Cusack R, Chaudhary N, Ruit S, Ayres J, Kurmi OP. Effect of exposure to biomass smoke from cooking fuel types and eye disorders in women from hilly and plain regions of Nepal. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2022; 106(1):141-148. Doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-316766. https://bjo.bmj.com/content/106/1/141
  9. Kurmi OP. Household Air Pollution, Passive Smoking and Lung Cancer. Do We Know Enough About This Conundrum? Am J Resp Cri Care Med. 2022; 206(9):1065-1067 https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202209-1641ED 
  10. Himanshu, Kurmi OP, Sanjeev Jain, Tyagi SK. Performance assessment of an improved gasifier stove using biomass pellets: An experimental and numerical investigation. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 2022; 53:102432 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213138822004842
  11. Adekoya A, Tyagi SK, Duru CN, et al. Effects of Household Air Pollution (HAP) on Cardiovascular Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022;19(15):9298. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/15/9298
  12. Khan A, Kurmi O, Lowrie R, Khanal S, Paudyal V. Medicines prescribing for homeless person: analysis of prescription data from specialist homelessness general practices. Int J Clin Pharm. 2022; 23:1-8. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11096-022-01399-3 
  13. Satia I, Mayhem AJ, Sohel N, Kurmi O, Killian KJ, O’Connell ME, O’Byrne PM, Raina P. Language and geographical location influence the incidence of chronic cough in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. ERJ Open Res 2022; 8(1) 00721-2021 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8859500/ 
  14. R Caleyachetty, N Lufumpa, N Kumar, NI Mohammed, H Bekele, O Kurmi, et al. Exposure to household air pollution from solid cookfuels ad childhood stunting:a population-based, cross-sectional study of half a million children in low and middle-income countries. International Health 2022; 0: 1-9 https://academic.oup.com/inthealth/advance-article/doi/10.1093/inthealth/ihab090/6506135
  15. Aithal SS, Gill Shireen, Satia I, Tyagi SK, Bolton CE, Kurmi OP. The Effects of Household Air Pollution (HAP) on Lung Function in Children: A Systematic Review. IJERPH 2021; 18(22): 11973 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/11973
  16. Xue M, Dehaas E, Chaudhary N, O’Byrne P, Satia I, Kurmi OP.    Breastfeeding and risk of childhood asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. ERJ Open Research 2021. (Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00504-2021) https://openres.ersjournals.com/content/early/2021/08/19/23120541.00504-2021 
  17. Ekezie W, Jenkins AB, Hall IP, Evans C, Koju R, Kurmi OP, Bolton CE. The burden of chronic respiratory diseases in adults in Nepal: A systematic review. Chronic Respiratory Diseases 2021; 18:1-20. Doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/1479973121994572 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1479973121994572
  18. Skaaby S, Flachs EM, Lange P, et al. Occupational inhalant exposures and longitudinal lung function decline. European Respiratory Journal 2021:2004341. doi: 10.1183/13993003.04341-2020 https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2021/04/19/13993003.04341-2020 
  19. Wright N, Newell K, Lam KBH, Kurmi OP, et al. Estimating ambient air pollutant levels in Suzhou through the SPDE approach with R-INLA. International journal of hygiene and environmental health 2021;235:113766. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113766 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S143846392100081X
  20. Thapa L, Shrestha S, Kandu R, Ghimire MR, Ghimire S, Chaudhary NK, Pahari B, Bhattarai S, Kharel G, Paudel R, Jalan P, Chandra A, Phuyal S, Adhikari B, Aryal N, Kurmi OP. Prevalence of Stroke and Stroke Risk Factors in a South-Western Community of Nepal. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 2021;30(5):105716. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.105716 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1052305721001191
  21. Pathak S, Chaudhary N, Dhakal P, et al. Comparative Study of Chikungunya Only and Chikungunya-Scrub Typhus Coinfection in Children: Findings from a Hospital-Based Observational Study from Central Nepal. International Journal of Pediatrics 2021;2021:6613564. doi: 10.1155/2021/6613564 https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijpedi/2021/6613564/ 
  22. Satia I, Mayhew AJ, Sohel N, Kurmi OP, et al. Prevalence, incidence and characteristics of chronic cough among adults from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. ERJ Open Research 2021;7(2):00160-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00160-2021 https://openres.ersjournals.com/content/7/2/00160-2021.abstract 
  23. Chaudhary N, Yadav SN, Kalra SK, Pathak S Gupta BK, Shrestha S, Patel M, Sadhra S, Bolton CE Kurmi OP. Prevalence of small for gestational babies and its risk factors in a tertiary care hospital of Western Nepal: A cross-sectional study of 4000 mother-child pairs. Health Science Reports 2021; 4(1) e250. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hsr2.250  
  24. Vohra N, Hadi MA, Khanal S, Kurmi OP, Paudyal V. Impact of deprivation, dementia prevalence and regional demography on prescribing of anti-dementia drugs in England: a time trend analysis. Br J Clin Parmacol. 2021; (online ahead of print: doi:10.1111/bcp.14782). https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bcp.14782 
  25. Skaaby S, Flachs EM, Lange P, Schlünssen V, Marott JL, Brauer C, Nordestgaard BG, Sadhra S, Kurmi O, Bonde JPE. Chronic productive cough and inhalant occupational exposure- a study of the general population. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2021; 94:1033-1040 (Online ahead of print: doi:10.1007/s00420-020-01634-2). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00420-020-01634-2  
  26. Chan KH, Xia X, Ho KF, Guo Y, Kurmi OP, Du H, Bennett DA, Bian B, Kan H, McDonnell J, Schmidt D, Kerosi R, Li L, Lam KBH, Chen Z on behalf of the CKB-Air Collaborative Group. Regional and seasonal variations in household and personal exposures to air pollution in one urban and two rural Chinese communities: a pilot study to collect time-resolved data using static and wearable devices. Environmental International 2021; 146: 106217. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020321723?via%3Dihub 
  27. Skaaby S, Flachs EM, Lange P, Schlünssen V, Marott JL, Brauer C, Nordestgaard BG, Sadhra S, Kurmi O, Bonde JPE. Occupational exposures and exacerbations of asthma and COPD-A general population study. PloS One 2021; (Online ahead of print: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0243826). https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0243826 
  28. Patel M, Shrestha MK, Manadhar A, Cusack R, Sadhra SS, Chaudhary N, Gurung R, Ruit S, Ayres JG, Kurmi OP. Effect of exposure to biomass smoke from cooking fuel types and eye disorders in women from the hilly and plain region of Nepal. British J Ophthalmology 2020. doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-316766. https://bjo.bmj.com/content/early/2020/09/11/bjophthalmol-2020-316766 
  29. Chaudhary N, Shrestha S, Kurmi OP. A child with a foreign body in bronchus- misdiagnosed as asthma. Clinical Case Reports 2020; 8(12):2409-2413. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ccr3.3153   
  30. Shrestha S, Chaudhary N, Shrestha SA, Pathak S, Kurmi OP. Clinical predictors of radiological pneumonia in children in Nepal: a cross-sectional study from a tertiary hospital in Nepal.  PLoS One 15(7): e0235598. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0235598 
  31. Satia I, Farooqi MAM, Cusack R, Matsuoka M, Yanqing X, Kurmi OP, O’Burne PM, Killian K, The contribution of FEV1 and airflow limitation on the intensity of dyspnoea and leg effort exercise. Insights from a real-world cohort. Physiological Reports 2020; 8(8): e14415. https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.14814/phy2.14415 
  32. Parvzian M, Dhaliwal M, Jeremy L, Satia I, Kurmi OP. Relationship between dietary patterns and COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis. ERJ Open Research 2020; 6(2): 00168-2019. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7211952/pdf/00168-2019.pdf 
  33. Sadhra SS, Mohammed N*, Kurmi OP*, Fishwick D, De Matteis S, Hutchings S, Jarvis D, Ayres JG, Ruston L. Occupational exposure to inhaled pollutants and risk of COPD: A large UK population-based UK Biobank cohort. Thorax 2020;75:468-475 (*Joint second). https://thorax.bmj.com/content/75/6/468.long 
  34. Parvizian MK, Li J, Dhaliwal M, Satia I, Kurmi OP. Relationship between dietary patterns and asthma: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine 2020. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/24745332.2020.1716647 
  35. Regmi S, Chaudhary N, Shrestha S, Pathak S, Gupta BK, Swar R, Kurmi OP. Patterns of pediatric ear, nose and throat disorders in a tertiary care hospital of western Nepal: A C ross-section study. Journal of Universal College of Medical Sciences 2019; 7(2): 15-20. https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JUCMS/article/view/27129 
  36. Chan KH, Bennett DA, Kurmi OP, Yang L, Chen Y, Guo Y, Zhen B, Yu C, Chen X, Dong C, Li L, Chen Z, Lam KBH. Solid fuels for cooking and tobacco use in relation to Chronic Liver Diseases Mortality: a prospective cohort study of 0.5 million Chinese adults. IJE 2020; 49(1): 45-55. https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/49/1/45/5607010 
  37. Pathak S, Chaudhary N, Dhakal P, Shakya D, Dhungel P, Neupane G, Shrestha S, Regmi S, Kurmi OP.  Clinical profile, complications and outcome of Scrub Typhus in children: A hospital-based observational study in Central Nepal. PloS One 2019; 14(8): e0220905. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0220905
  38. Parish S, Arnold M, Clarke R, Du H, Eric Wan W, Kurmi OP, Chen Y, Guo Y, MD, Bian Z, Collins R, Li L, Chen Z.  Assessment of the Role of Carotid Atherosclerosis in the Association Between Major Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Ischemic Stroke Subtypes. JAMA Network Open 2019; 2(5): e194873. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2734807 
  39. Hystad P, MyLinh Duong M, Brauer M, Larkin A, Arku R, Kurmi OP, et al. Health Effects of Household Air Pollution:  Results from 10 Countries within the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 2019; 127(5): 057003. https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP3915?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed 
  40. Duong M, Islam S, Rangarajan S, Leong D, Kurmi, OP et al. Mortality and cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity in individuals with impaired FEV1 (PURE): an international, community-based cohort study. Lancet Global Health. 2019; 7 (5):e613-e623. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(19)30070-1/fulltext 
  41. Ho T, Cusack R, Chaudhary N, Satia I, Kurmi OP. Under and over-diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A global perspective. Breathe. 2019; 15(1): 24-35. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6395975/pdf/EDU-0346-2018.pdf 
  42. Chan KH, Kurmi OP, Bennett DA, Yang L; Chen Y, Tan Y, Pei P, Zhong X, Chen J, Zhang J, Kan H, Peto R, Lam KBH, Chen Z. Solid fuel use and risks of respiratory diseases: a cohort study of 280,000 Chinese never-smokers. Am J Respir Critical Care Med. 2019; 199(3):352-361. https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/rccm.201803-0432OC?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed 
  43. Kurmi OP. Is a low level of Vitamin D a marker of poor health or its cause? Eur. Respir J. 2018; 51 (6), 1800931. https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/51/6/1800931.long 
  44. Newell K; Kartsonaki C; Lam KBH; Kurmi O. The cardio-respiratory health effects of gaseous ambient air pollution (AAP) exposure in adults within low and/or middle-income countries (LMICs): a systematic review and meta-analysis. Environ Health 2018; 17:41. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519617301663 
  45. Yu K, Qiu G, Chan KH, Lam KBH, Kurmi OP, Bennett DA, Yu C, Pan A, Lv J, Guo Y, Bian Z, Yang L, Chen Y, Hu FB, Chen Z, Li L. Association of solid fuel use with risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in rural China. JAMA 2018; 319(13):1351-1361. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2677446 
  46. Kurmi O, Li L, Davis K, Wang J, Bennett B, Yang L, Chen Y, Guo Y, Bian Z, Chen J, Wei L, Jin D, Collins R, Peto P, Chen Z. Excess risk of major vascular diseases associated with airflow obstruction: a 7-year prospective study of 0.5 million Chinese adults. Int. J COPD. 2018; 13:855-865. https://www.dovepress.com/excess-risk-of-major-vascular-diseases-associated-with-airflow-obstruc-peer-reviewed-article-COPD 
  47. Kurmi O, Davis K, Lam KBH, Guo Y, Vaucher J, Bennett B, Wang J, Bian Z, Du H, Li L, Clarke R, Chen Z. Patterns and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in urban and rural China: a community-based survey of 25,000 adults across ten regions. BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2018; ;5:e000267. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000267. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5844384/ 
  48. Sood A, ….Kurmi O,…..Balmes J. ERS/ATS Workshop report on Respiratory Health Effects of Household Air Pollution. European Respiratory Journal. 2018; 51(1):1700698. https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/51/1/1700698.long 
  49. Gupta MM, Chaudhary N, Pathak S, Agarwal N, Yadav J, Shrestha S, Kurmi OP, Bhatia B, Agarwal KN. Neurocysticercosis in Children with Seizures: A Cress-sectional Study. International J Pediatrics 2018; 2018: 1030878. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijpedi/2018/1030878/ 
  50. Lama S, Mahato S, Chaudhary N, Agrawal N, Pathak S, Kurmi OP, Bhatia B, Agarwal K. Clinico-radiological Observations in Meconium Aspiration Syndrome. Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2018; 56(209), 510-515. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30058634/ 
  51. Newell K, Kartsonaki C, Lam KBH, Kurmi OP. The cardio-respiratory health impacts of particulate ambient air pollution (AAP) exposure in adults within low and/or middle-income countries (LMICs): a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2017; 1:e368-80. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(17)30166-3/fulltext 
  52. Pathak S, Chaudhary N, Dhakal P, Mahato SK, Shrestha S, Bhatia BD, Bansal AK, Kurmi OP, Agarwal KN. Gestational Age-Specific Postnatal Growth Curves for Singleton Babies in Tertiary Hospital of Western Nepal. J Nepal Med Association.2017; 56(207):325-30. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29255314/ 
  53. Chan KH, Lam KBH, Kurmi O et al., Trans-generational changes and rural-urban inequality in household fuel use and cookstove ventilation in China: A multi-region study of 0.5 million adults. Int J Hyg Environ Health, 2017; 220(8):1370-1381. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1438463917304200?via%3Dihub 
  54. Chaudhary N, Gupta MM, Shrestha S, Pathak S, Kurmi OP, Bhatia BD, and Agarwal KN. Clinico-demographic Profile of Children with Seizures in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study. Neurology Research International 2017; 2017:1524548, doi.org/10.1155/2017/1524548 https://www.hindawi.com/journals/nri/2017/1524548/ 
  55. *Wain LV,….Kurmi O,…Tobin MD. Genetic associations with lung function and chronic obstructive diseases implicative novel genes, biological pathways and druggable targets. Nature Genetics 2017; 49 (3): 416-425  (*All authors not listed due to a very large number). https://www.nature.com/articles/ng.3787 
  56. Clarke R*, Du H*, Kurmi O*, Parish S*, Yang M, Arnold M, Guo Y, Bian Z, Wang L, Chen Y, Meijer R, Sansome S, McDonnell J, Collins R, Li Liming*, Chen Z*. The burden of carotid artery atherosclerosis in Chinese adults: implications for future risk of cardiovascular diseases. European J Preventive Cardiology 2017; 24(6): 647-656 (*contributed equally)
  57. Sadhra S, Kurmi OP, Sadhra SS, Lam KBH, Ayres JG. Occupational chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and Job Exposure Matrices (JEMs) – a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int. J COPD 2017; 12: 725–734. https://www.dovepress.com/occupational-copd-and-job-exposure-matrices-a-systematic-review-and-me-peer-reviewed-article-COPD 
  58. Bartington SE, Bakolis I, Devakumar D, Kurmi OP, Gulliver J, Chaube G, Manandhar DS, Saville NM, Costello A, Osrin D, Hansell AL, Ayres JG. Patterns of domestic exposure to carbon monoxide and particulate matter in households using biomass fuel in Janakpur, Nepal. Environmental Pollution 2017; 220(Pt A): 38-45. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749116310260?via%3Dihub  
  59. Regmi P, Kurmi OP, Aryal N, Pant P, Banstola A, Alloh F, Teijlingen E. Diabetes prevention and management in South Asia: a call for action. Int J Food, Nutrition and Public Health 2016; 8: 107-116. https://www.academia.edu/26499506/Diabetes_prevention_and_management_in_South_Asia_1_WASD_DIABETES_PREVENTION_AND_MANAGEMENT_IN_SOUTH_ASIA_A_CALL_FOR_ACTION 
  60. Regmi PR, Aryal N, Kurmi OP, Pant PR, van Teijlingen E and Wasti SP. Informed Consent in Health Research: Challenges and Barriers in Low-and Middle-Income Countries with Specific Reference to Nepal. Developing World Bioeth. 2016; 17(2): 84-9. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/dewb.12123  
  61. Kurmi OP, Regmi P, Pant P. Implication of Air Pollution on health effects in Nepal: Lessons from global research. Nepal Journal of Epidemiology  2016 (Editorial). 6(1); 525-527. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4850234/pdf/nje-06-525.pdf 
  62. Sadhra s, Kurmi OP, Chambers H, Lam KBH, Fishwick D. The ACE Job exposure Matric for the SOC 2000 listings; development and exposure assignation. Occupational Medicine 2016; 66(5): 358-64. https://academic.oup.com/occmed/article/66/5/358/1752614  
  63. Kurmi OP, Li L, Vaucher J, et al. Validation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease diagnosed in China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) study. Int J COPD 2016;11: 419-430. https://www.dovepress.com/validity-of-copd-diagnoses-reported-through-nationwide-health-insuranc-peer-reviewed-article-COPD 
  64. Smith M, Kurmi OP. Defining airflow obstruction. Eur Respir J 2015;45:563-564. https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/45/2/563 
  65. Kurmi OP, Li L, Wang J, Millwood IY, Chen J, Collins R, et al. COPD and its association with smoking in the Mainland China: a cross-sectional analysis of 0.5 million men and women from ten diverse areas. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2015;10:655-65. https://www.dovepress.com/copd-and-its-association-with-smoking-in-the-mainland-china-a-cross-se-peer-reviewed-article-COPD 
  66. Smith M, Li L, Augustyn M, Kurmi OP, Chen J, Collins R, et al. Prevalence and correlates of airflow obstruction in approximately 317,000 never-smokers in China. Eur Respir J 2014;44:66-77. https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/1/66 
  67. Sadhra SS, Kurmi OP, Mohammed NI, Foulds IS. Protection afforded by controlled application of a barrier cream: a study in a workplace setting. The British journal of dermatology 2014;171:813-8. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjd.13108 
  68. Kurmi OP, Semple S, Devereux GS, Gaihre S, Lam KB, Sadhra S, et al. The effect of exposure to biomass smoke on respiratory symptoms in adult rural and urban Nepalese populations. Environ Health 2014;13:92. https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1476-069X-13-92 
  69. Kurmi OP, Sadhra CS, Ayres JG, Sadhra SS. Tuberculosis risk from exposure to solid fuel smoke: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Epidemiol Community Health 2014;68:1112-8. https://jech.bmj.com/content/68/12/1112.long 
  70. Kurmi OP, Li L, Smith M, Augustyn M, Chen J, Collins R, et al. Regional variations in the prevalence and misdiagnosis of airflow obstruction in China: baseline results from a prospective cohort of the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB). BMJ open respiratory research 2014;1:e000025. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212802/ 
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  72. Devakumar D, Semple S, Osrin D, Yadav SK, Kurmi OP, Saville NM, et al. Biomass fuel use and the exposure of children to particulate air pollution in southern Nepal. Environ Int 2014;66:79-87. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412014000166?via%3Dihub 
  73. Zhang Q, Li L, Smith M, Guo Y, Whitlock G, Bian Z, Kurmi OP, et al. Exhaled carbon monoxide and its associations with smoking, indoor household air pollution and chronic respiratory diseases among 512,000 Chinese adults. Int J Epidemiol 2013;42:1464-75. https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/42/5/1464/622625 
  74. Kurmi OP, Smith W, Devereux GS, Sadhra S, Semple S, Steiner M, et al. Does exposure to household and ambient air pollution pose a risk to cardiovascular health? – A cross-sectional study in Nepal. Int J Public Health Research 2013;3:353-69. http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7107/1/vol_3_no_2_2013_46.pdf 
  75. Kurmi OP, Dunster C, Ayres JG, Kelly FJ. Oxidative potential of smoke from burning wood and mixed biomass fuels. Free radical research 2013;47:829-35. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/10715762.2013.832831?journalCode=ifra20 
  76. Kurmi OP, Devereux GS, Smith WC, Semple S, Steiner MF, Simkhada P, et al. Reduced lung function due to biomass smoke exposure in young adults in rural Nepal. Eur Respir J 2013;41:25-30. https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/41/1/25.long 
  77. Kurmi OP, Lam KBH, Ayres JG. Indoor air pollution and the lung in low- and middle-income countries. Eur Respir J 2012; 40:239-254. https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/1/239.long
  78. Kurmi OP, Arya PH, Lam KB, Sorahan T, Ayres JG. Lung cancer risk and solid fuel smoke exposure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Respir J 2012;40:1228-37. https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/5/1228.long 
  79. Kurmi OP, Gaihre S, Semple S, Ayres JG. Acute exposure to biomass smoke causes oxygen desaturation in adult women. Thorax 2011;66:724-5. https://thorax.bmj.com/content/66/8/724.long 
  80. Kurmi OP, Semple S, Simkhada P, Smith WC, Ayres JG. COPD and chronic bronchitis risk of indoor air pollution from solid fuel: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Thorax 2010;65:221-8. https://thorax.bmj.com/content/65/3/221.long 
  81. Kurmi OP, Semple S, Steiner M, Henderson GD, Ayres JG. Particulate matter exposure during domestic work in Nepal. Ann Occup Hyg 2008;52:509-17. https://academic.oup.com/annweh/article/52/6/509/184249 
  82. Kurmi OP, Ayres JG. The non-occupational environment and the lung: opportunities for intervention. Chron Respir Dis 2007;4:227-36. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1479972307084112?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed 

Publications: Global Burden of Diseases (GBD study) Collaborator Group

  1. Shin YH, Hwang J, Kwon R, Lee SW, Kim MS; GBD 2019 Allergic Disorders Collaborators; Shin JI, Yon DK. Global, regional, and national burden of allergic disorders and their risk factors in 204 countries and territories, from 1990 to 2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Allergy. 2023 Aug;78(8):2232-2254. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/all.15807
  2. GBD 2019 Chronic Respiratory Diseases Collaborators. Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors, 1990-2019: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. EClinicalMedicine. 2023; 59:101936. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101936
  3. GBD 2019 Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators. Global mortality associated with 33 bacterial pathogens in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet. 2022 Dec 17;400(10369):2221-2248. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02185-7
  4. GBD 2019 LRI Collaborators. Age-sex differences in the global burden of lower respiratory infections and risk factors, 1990-2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022;22(11):1626-1647. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00510-2
  5. GBD 2019 Cancer Risk Factors Collaborators. The global burden of cancer attributable to risk factors, 2010-19: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet. 2022;400(10352):563-591. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01438-6
  6. GBD 2019 Adolescent Transport and Unintentional Injuries Collaborators. Adolescent transport and unintentional injuries: a systematic analysis using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Public Health. 2022; 7(8): e657-e669. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00134-7
  7. Armocida B, Monasta L, Sawyer S, et al. Burden of non-communicable diseases among adolescents aged 10-24 years in the EU, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2019. Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2022; 6(6):367-383 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(22)00073-6/fulltext 
  8. Haagsma JA, Charalampous P, Ariani F, et al. The burden of injury in Central, Eastern, and Western European sub-region: a systematic  analysis from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study. Arch Public Health; 80(1):142 https://archpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13690-022-00891-6 
  9. GBD 2019 Ageing Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of diseases and injuries for adults 70 years and older: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Diseases 2019 Study. BMJ 2022; 376: e068208.  https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-068208.long 
  10. GBD 2019 Cancer Collaborators. Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years lived with Disability, and Disability-adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups for 2010 to 2019: A systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. JAMA Oncology; 8(3):420-444. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2787350 
  11. GBD 2019 Adolescent Mortality Collaborators. Global, regional and national mortality among individuals aged 15-49 years in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-2018: a modelling study. The Lancet 2021; 398(10311):1593-1618 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01546-4/fulltext
  12. Kinyoki D, Osgood-Zimmerman AE, Bhattacharjee NV, et al. Anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2018. Nat. Med. 2021; 27(10):1761-1782 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01498-0
  13. GBD 2018 Under-5 Mortality Collaborators. Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet 2021; 398(10303):870-905 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01207-1/fulltext
  14. Sartorius B, VanderHeide JD, Yang M, et al. Subnational mapping of HIV incidence and mortality among individuals aged 15–49 years in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–18: a modelling study. The Lancet HIV 2021;8(6):e363-e75. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00051-5 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352301821000515
  15. Kendrick PJ, Reitsma MB, Abbasi-Kangevari M, et al. Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Public Health 2021 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00065-7 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468266721000657
  16. Reitsma MB, Kendrick PJ, Ababneh E, et al. Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet 2021; 397(10292)2337-2360.           https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01169-7 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673621011697 
  17. Local Burden of Disease HIV Collaborators. Mapping subnational HIV mortality in six Latin American countries with incomplete vital registration systems. BMC Medicine 2021; 19:4 https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-020-01876-4  
  18. GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators.  Trends in prevalence of blindness and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. The Lancet Global Health 2020; 9(2): e130-e143. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(20)30425-3/fulltext 
  19. GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators.  Cause of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: The Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. The Lancet Global Health 2020; 9(2): E144-E160. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(20)30489-7/fulltext 
  20. GBD-NHLBI-JACC Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Collaborators. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990-2019: Update from the GBD 2019 Study. JACC 2020; 76(25): 2982-3021. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109720377755?via%3Dihub  
  21. GBD 2019 Viewpoint Collaborators. Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet 2020; 396(10258):1135-1159. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31404-5/fulltext 
  22. GBD 2019 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet 2020; 396, 1204-22. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30925-9/fulltext
  23. GBD 2019 Risk Factors Collaborators. Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet 2020; 396, 1223-49. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30752-2/fulltext 
  24. GBD 2019 Viewpoint Collaborators. Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet 2020; 396, 1135-39. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31404-5/fulltext 
  25. Collaborators, L. B. D. D. B. o. M. (2020). “Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017.” Nat Med 2020. 26(5): 750-759. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0807-6 
  26. James, S. L., et al. (2020). “Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.” BMJ Injury Prevention. 26: i96-i114. Doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043494 https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/injuryprev/26/Supp_1/i96.full.pdf 
  27. GBD Universal Health Collaborators. “Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.” The Lancet 2020; 396(10256):1250-1284.  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30750-9/fulltext