… risk factors Work environment is an important potential risk factor for asthmatic patients both
as a risk factor in … Occupational asthma (OA) is a form of asthma that is often underdiagnosed …

The prevalence of allergic respiratory diseases such as bronchial asthma has increased in
recent years, especially in industrialized countries. A change in the genetic predisposition is …

… to biomass fuels may be a risk factor for asthma, the same is not borne out by our findings. …
that history of asthma in a first degree relative is an independent risk factor for asthma. In fact…

… up with a diagnosis of bronchial asthma at the Allergy Clinic for risk factors and to determine
… Method: The risk factors of 3025 patients followed-up with a diagnosis of bronchial asthma …

… of the risk factors in the development of asthma. … asthma clusters in families.We also found
a positive family history of allergic disorders to be a strong risk factor for occurrence of asthma. …

… of asthma [7, 11]. … risk factors according to the asthma predictive index were studied, namely,
the presence of large (family allergic anamnesis and atopic dermatitis) and small risk factors …

… , history of allergic rhinitis, older age (≥ 50 years), and smoking habits were found to be
major risk factors for asthma in this study. This is consistent with previous studies.In this study, …

… we address the risk factors and primary prevention strategies for childhood asthma, recognising
that most adult asthma first develops in childhood, and that adult onset asthma often has …

… of asthma. Recurrent respiratory tract infections were found to be an independent risk factor
for bronchial asthma … diseases as a defined risk factor for developing asthma. Martinez et al …

… with high specificity for asthma into disease definition. … risk factor in our study population
even after adjusting for other confounding factors like age, gender and socioeconomic factors. …