[HTML][HTML] Pathobiological mechanisms underlying metabolic syndrome (MetS) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): clinical significance and therapeutic …

SMH Chan, S Selemidis, S Bozinovski… - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major incurable global health burden
and is currently the 4th largest cause of death in the world. Importantly, much of the disease …

Strategies for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of COPD in low-and middle-income countries: the importance of primary care

FM Rossaki, JR Hurst, F van Gemert… - Expert review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear a high proportion of the global
morbidity and mortality caused by COPD. Increased exposure to risk factors throughout life …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in prevalence and incidence of chronic respiratory diseases from 1990 to 2017

M Xie, X Liu, X Cao, M Guo, X Li - Respiratory research, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) are leading causes of morbidity
worldwide. However, the spatial and temporal trends in prevalence and incidence of CRDs …

Contribution of individual and neighborhood factors to racial disparities in respiratory outcomes

CO Ejike, H Woo, P Galiatsatos, LM Paulin… - American journal of …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Black adults have worse health outcomes compared with white adults in certain
chronic diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Objectives: To …

Air pollution exposures from multiple point sources and risk of incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma

M Hendryx, J Luo, C Chojenta, JE Byles - Environmental research, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Exposure to environmental air pollutants exacerbates respiratory illness, but
prospective studies of disease incidence are uncommon. Further, attempts to estimate …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiological, health and comfort aspects of indoor air quality in a Romanian historical wooden church

F Marcu, N Hodor, L Indrie, P Dejeu, M Ilieș… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Monitoring the indoor microclimate in old buildings of cultural heritage and significance is a
practice of great importance because of the importance of their identity for local communities …

[HTML][HTML] Respiratory diseases are positively associated with PM2.5 concentrations in different areas of Taiwan

F Wang, T Chen, Q Chang, YW Kao, J Li, M Chen… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The health effects associated with fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) have attracted
considerable public attention in recent decades. It has been verified that PM2. 5 can …

[HTML][HTML] Financial scarcity undermines health across the globe and the life course

N Sommet, D Spini - Social science & medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
The gradient between income and health is well established: the lower the income, the
poorer the health. However, low income (having few economic resources) may not be …

[PDF][PDF] Global epidemiological patterns in the burden of main non-communicable diseases, 1990–2019: Relationships with socio-demographic index

J Bai, J Cui, F Shi, C Yu - International Journal of Public Health, 2023 - ssph-journal.org
Objectives: This study aimed to analyze spatio-temporal patterns of the global burden
caused by main NCDs along the socio-economic development. Methods: We extracted …

Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and subsequent risk for incident rheumatoid arthritis among women: a prospective cohort study

JA Ford, X Liu, SH Chu, B Lu, MH Cho… - Arthritis & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Inflamed airways are hypothesized to contribute to rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
pathogenesis due to RA‐related autoantibody production, and smoking is the strongest …