Roksana Khan, Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Masahiro Umezaki et al.
BACKGROUND It has been suggested that exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) adversely affects cardiovascular health. However, the effect modifications by individual characteristics and season have been less studied in developing countries where PM2.5 levels are high. OBJECTIVES To estimate the...
Saira Tasmin, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Andrew Stickley, Nasiruddin Md et al.
BACKGROUND: Ambient particulate pollution may adversely affect children's lung function. However, evidence on this association remains scarce in Asia despite this region having the greatest burden of disease due to air pollution. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effect of short-term exposure to ambien...
Saira Tasmin, Hana Furusawa, Sk Akhtar Ahmad, MH Faruquee et al.
Background and objective Lead has long been recognized as a harmful environmental pollutant. People in developing countries like Bangladesh still have a higher risk of lead exposure. Previous research has suggested that the delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) genotype can modify lead toxici...
Saira Tasmin, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Andrew Stickley, Shinya Yasumoto et al.
INTRODUCTION Short-term exposure to ambient temperature plays a significant role in human health. However, studies examining ambient temperature and lung function are scarce in locations with a tropical environment. To address this research gap, the current study investigated the effects of short-te...
George S. Downward, Perry Hystad, Saira Tasmin, Sarah Krull Abe et al.
Exposure to ambient air pollution is associated with a significant number of deaths. Much of the evidence associating air pollution with adverse effects is from North American and Europe, partially due to incomplete data in other regions limiting location specific examinations. The aim of the curren...
Mahbuba Haque, MH Faruquee, Suman Lahiry, Saira Tasmin et al.
Backgrounds: About 120 million people around the world are overexposed to lead which is neurotoxic and 99 percent of the most severely affected children are in the developing world including Bangladesh. Methods and Materials: The present cross-sectional ecological study was carried out to explore th...
Evana Akhtar, Mohammad Hassan Shahriar, Md. Ahsanul Haq, Shyfuddin Ahmed et al.
Purpose of review Bangladesh frequently appears among the top five countries with the most polluted air. Research is essential to understand the various health impacts of air pollution in vulnerable populations. This review compiles evidence from January 2000 to May 2025 on the adverse health effect...
Hafizur Rahman, Ash Arian, Sreenivas Konda, Laura A. McGuinn et al.
BACKGROUND: Evidence is limited on whether daily step counts are uniform across individuals or whether combining them with genetic risk improves prediction of type 2 diabetes (T2D), both essential for precision prevention. We aimed to assess whether objectively measured daily step count and Polygeni...
MR Islam, Syeda Masuma Siddiqua, Humayera Islam, Hasan Shahriar et al.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in females, with slower declines in incidence compared to males. While smoking is the leading risk factor, it doesn’t fully explain the increasing lung cancer burden in females. Reproductive factors, metabolic disorders, family history, and their int...
Evana Akhtar, Md. Ahsanul Haq, Md Shamim Hossain, Marzan Sultana et al.
Building on prior evidence that biomass cooking drives personal air pollution in rural and peri-urban Bangladesh, we measured kitchen pollution alongside personal exposure and examined the influence of outdoor industrial and traffic emissions on personal and indoor air quality. In an mHealth based-b...
Muhammad Rafiqul Islam, Sama I. Sayin, Humayera Islam, Hasan Shahriar et al.
ABSTRACT Importance Lung cancer mortality in the United States has fallen substantially in recent decades, yet the relative influence of behavioral, environmental, socioeconomic, and therapeutic factors and their sex specific contributions remains unclear. Understanding these drivers is essential to...
Muhammad Rafiqul Islam, Syeda Masuma Siddiqua, Salman Bashar Al Ayub, Md. Rashedul Islam et al.
INTRODUCTION The aging of the global population has led to an increased prevalence of cancer among older adults, particularly in Asia and in low- and middle-income countries. This demographic shift presents unique challenges to healthcare delivery, especially in developing countries like Bangladesh....
Saira Tasmin, Golam Sarwar, Rabab Al Shams, A.K.M. Rabiul Hasan et al.
Sadanandam Abbagani, Abdul Zahir Abbasi, Kamel A. Abd–Elsalam, Muhammad Amin Afzal et al.
Saira Tasmin, Chiho Watanabe, Chris Fook Sheng Ng
TPS 661: Climate change: temperature effects 1, Exhibition Hall, Ground floor, August 26, 2019, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Little is known about the effects of acute exposure ambient temperature on lung function, especially in locations with a tropical environment. The current study evaluated the effects of ...
Saira Tasmin, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Kayo Ueda, Shinya Yasumoto et al.
The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of short-term exposure to ambient particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 µm (PM2.5) on lung function and modification of this association by season in school children in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. A panel of tota...
Saira Tasmin
Effectsof short-term exposure to ambient particulate matter and temperature on lung function of school children in Dhaka, Bangladesh ( )
Saira Tasmin, Hana Furusawa, Yosuke Inoue, MH Faruquee et al.
Background and objective Lead has long been recognized as a harmful environmental pollutant. Developing countries like Bangladesh still have higher risk of lead exposure. Previous research suggests that delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) genotype can modify lead toxicity and individual sus...