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 …

Occupational lung diseases are an important public health issue and are avoidable through
preventive interventions in the workplace. Up-to-date knowledge about changes in exposure …

Objective To describe the temporal and spatial trends of mortality and disability adjusted life
years (DALYs) due to chronic respiratory diseases, by age and sex, across the world during …

Background The Cleaning and Disinfecting in Healthcare Working Group of the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Occupational Research Agenda, is a …

Background High‐molecular‐weight (HMW) proteins and low‐molecular‐weight (LMW)
chemicals can cause occupational asthma (OA) although few studies have thoroughly …

Disinfectant use has been associated with adverse respiratory effects among healthcare
workers. However, the specific harmful agents have not been elucidated. We examined the …

Age-of-asthma onset is often used to distinguish different adult asthma phenotypes;
however, similarities and differences between early-and late-onset adult asthma have not …

RESUMO O manejo farmacológico da asma mudou consideravelmente nas últimas
décadas, com base no entendimento de que a asma é uma doença heterogênea e …

Introduction Obesity is a known risk factor for asthma. Although some evidence showed
asthma causing obesity in children, the link between asthma and obesity has not been …

Background Although sensitizer-induced occupational asthma (OA) accounts for an
appreciable fraction of adult asthma, the severity of OA has received little attention. Objective …