The first widely used questionnaire in respiratory epidemiology was the questionnaire from
the Medical Research Council (MRC) of Great Britain. In the first version, from 1960, there …

Rationale: Workplace inhalational hazards remain common worldwide, even though they
are ameliorable. Previous American Thoracic Society documents have assessed the …

Rationale: Occupational exposures can contribute to the exacerbation as well as the onset
of asthma. However, work-exacerbated asthma (WEA) has received less attention than …

Pulmonary function measures are heritable traits that predict morbidity and mortality and
define chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We tested genome-wide association …

Background The role of exposure to substances in the workplace in new-onset asthma is not
well characterised in population-based studies. We therefore aimed to estimate the relative …

Background: Early detection of coronary atherosclerosis using coronary computed tomography
angiography (CCTA), in addition to coronary artery calcification (CAC) scoring, may help …

During early adulthood, a phase in which the central nervous system displays considerable
plasticity and in which important cognitive traits are shaped, the effects of exercise on …

The aim of this study was to find out if occupational exposure to dust, fumes or gases,
especially among never-smokers, increased the mortality from chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Cardiopulmonary diseases are major causes of death worldwide, but currently recommended
strategies for diagnosis and prevention may be outdated because of recent changes in …

Rationale: Cleaning work and professional use of certain cleaning products have been
associated with asthma, but respiratory effects of nonprofessional home cleaning have rarely …