With an aging global population, chronic respiratory diseases are becoming a more
prominent cause of death and disability. Age-standardised death rates from chronic …

Pesticides have been widely used to control pest and pest-related diseases in agriculture,
fishery, forestry and the food industry. In this review, we identify a number of respiratory …

Background Quantification of the disease burden caused by different risks informs
prevention by providing an account of health loss different to that provided by a disease-by …

Introduction Epidemiological studies demonstrated that cleaning work and frequent use of
cleaning products are risk factors for asthma. Laundry detergents have been reported to …

Nesta obra, Breilh sintetiza sua trajetória na discussão da epidemiologia e avança em suas
propostas sobre a medicina social, que estuda desde a década de 1970. Nesse contexto, o …

Building occupants, including cleaning personnel, are exposed to a wide variety of airborne
chemicals when cleaning agents and air fresheners are used in buildings. Certain of these …

Patients with severe refractory asthma pose a major healthcare problem. Over the last
decade it has become increasingly clear that, for the development of new targeted therapies …

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 …

Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is attributed predominantly to
tobacco smoke, occupational exposures are also suspected risk factors for COPD …

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