We analyzed the influence of emissions from burning sugar cane on the respiratory system
during almost 1 year in the city of Piracicaba in southeast Brazil. From April 1997 through …

Objective: To evaluate the association between the total suspended particles (TSPs)
generated from preharvest sugar cane burning and hospital admission due to asthma (asthma …

Small airways disease (SAD) is a cardinal feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
first recognized in the nineteenth century. The diverse histopathological features …

… Singh, Dave a,b ; Long, Gabriella b ; Cançado, José ED c ; Higham, Andrew a … Higham
A, Quinn AM, Cancado JED, Singh D. The pathology of small airways disease in COPD …

Background and objective Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are
two prevalent and complex diseases that require personalized management. Although a …

The pharmacological management of asthma has changed considerably in recent decades,
as it has come to be understood that it is a complex, heterogeneous disease with different …

Whole blood preparations from patients with either the indeterminate (asymptomatic) or
cardiac clinical forms of chronic Trypanosoma cruzl infection were analyzed by flow cytometry …

Environmental air pollution is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Environmental air pollution has a direct impact on human health, being responsible for an …

We recently evaluated the in vitro proliferative response and interferon (IFN)-γ production of
peripheral blood mononuclear cells from a group of 25 people who were treated for Chagas' …

Advances in the understanding that severe asthma is a complex and heterogeneous disease
and in the knowledge of the pathophysiology of asthma, with the identification of different …