BACKGROUND While adverse effects of exposure to air pollutants on respiratory health are well studied, little is known about the effect of a reduction in air pollutants on chronic respiratory symptoms and diseases. We investigated whether different declines in air pollution levels in industrialised and rural areas in Germany were associated with changes in respiratory health over a period of ab...

background: hairdressers are occupationally exposed to a number of agents in their workplace that result in respiratory symptoms and changes in pulmonary function. objective: to evaluate associations between occupational exposure and respiratory function and reported symptoms in a group of hairdressers compared to a control group. methods: a questionnaire on respiratory symptoms and workplace c...

BACKGROUND Indoor particulate matter (PM) has been linked to respiratory symptoms in former smokers with COPD. While subjects with COPD and atopy have also been shown to have more frequent respiratory symptoms, whether they exhibit increased susceptibility to PM as compared to their non-atopic counterparts remains unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether atopic individuals with C...

BACKGROUND Serious respiratory illnesses have been reported among rescue/recovery workers (RRW) following the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks. METHODS We studied RRW enrolled in the WTC Health Registry to assess the effects of different respiratory protection equipment (RPE) types on respiratory outcomes, such as recurrent respiratory symptoms and diseases possibly associated with 9/11 expos...

BACKGROUND Salamanca, Mexico occupied fourth place nationally in contaminating emissions. The aim of the study was to determine the impact of air pollution on the frequency of pulmonary function alterations and respiratory symptoms in school-age children in a longitudinal repeated-measures study. METHODS We recruited a cohort of 464 children from 6 to 14 years of age, from two schools differi...

The present study was conducted on 2471 subjects ( 250 families) residing in the west of the city of Tulkarm and on 1896 control subject group (200 families) in an urban area within the same district. The main aim was to evaluate the impact of air pollution resulting from the Israeli industrial zone based on the west of Tulkarm city on human health . Among the study group disease related sympto...

conclusions infection with hmpv and rsv are most frequent infections among pediatric patients with respiratory tract symptoms. coinfection with these viruses may exacerbate the clinical symptoms and increase hospitalization rates, especially in children younger than one year old. results the hmpv and rsv were detected in 44 (15.7%) and 84 (30.0%) samples, respectively. coinfection with both vir...

BACKGROUND Damp and mould in homes have been established as risk factors for respiratory health. There is a need for a relatively straightforward assessment of the home that quantifies this risk. METHODS Using data from 891 New Zealand houses, the utility of a Respiratory Hazard Index quantifying key attributes related to damp and mould was tested by studying its associations with self-report...

the relationship between fatigue and mental health in chemical warfare victims with bronchiolitis obliterans     abbasi s [1] , mehdizadeh s [2] *, moqaddam m [3]     received: 8 mar, 2013 accepted: 10 may, 2013    abstract  background & aims : fatigue is one of the most debilitating symptoms in patients with respiratory disorders. in addition, among the chronic disease, lung disease have the h...