Exposures to bioaerosols in the occupational environment are associated with a wide range
of health effects with major public health impact, including infectious diseases, acute toxic …

There is increasing evidence that inflammatory mechanisms other than eosinophilic
inflammation may be involved in producing the final common pathway of enhanced bronchial …

In recent decades it has become routine to describe asthma as an atopic disease. A theoretical
paradigm has evolved in which allergen exposure produces atopic sensitisation and …

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-disease …

The aetiology of asthma and allergic disease remains poorly understood, despite considerable
research. The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), was …

… In phase I, children aged 13–14 years were studied in 155 centres in 56 countries (n = 463
801) and children aged 6–7 years were studied in 91 centres in 38 countries (n = 257 800). …

Background Measurement of the global burden of disease with disability-adjusted life-years
(DALYs) requires disability weights that quantify health losses for all non-fatal …

Microanalytical trace element techniques (such as ion probe or laser ablation ICP‐MS) are
hampered by a lack of well characterized, homogeneous standards. Two silicate glass …

Background: Little is known about the prevalence of atopic eczema outside Northern Europe.
Objectives: We sought to describe the magnitude and variation in the prevalence of atopic …

Occupational epidemiology has emerged as a distinct subdiscipline of epidemiology and
occupational medicine, addressing fundamental public health and scientific questions relating …