Ranathunga, Nayomi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8721-7928
Perera, Priyantha
Nandasena, Sumal
Sathiakumar, Nalini
Kasturiratne, Anuradhani
Wickremasinghe, Rajitha
Funding for this research was provided by:
National institute of Health fogarty international center (5 D43 TW05750)
Article History
Received: 1 February 2018
Accepted: 19 August 2019
First Online: 2 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya (P025/04/2011).The nature and procedures involved in the study were explained to parents or guardians of eligible study participants. Written informed consent was obtained from the parents or the guardianĀ of the child prior to enrolment of children and data collection. Confidentiality of the information was ensured. Children requiring specialized care and with any respiratory illness were referred to consultants at the Colombo North Teaching Hospital for specialized care. All mothers in households in which high household air pollution levels were measured were advised on methods to mitigate household air pollution.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.