Previous studies have not found a consistent association between exposure to domestic cooking using gas appliances and exacerbation of asthma. We investigated the immediate airflow response to acute exposure from single episodes of gas cooking, and peak airflow variability from continued exposure to repeated episodes of gas cooking in a group of non-smoking asthmatic women.
Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore. cofngtp@nus.edu.sg