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A joint ERS/ATS policy statement: what constitutes an adverse health effect of air pollution? An analytical framework

  European Respiratory Journal 2017 49: 1600419; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00419-2016 George D. Thurston, Howard Kipen, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, John Balmes, Robert D. Brook, Kevin Cromar, Sara De Matteis, Francesco Forastiere, Bertil Forsberg, Mark W. Frampton, Jonathan Grigg, Dick Heederik, Frank J. Kelly, Nino Kuenzli, Robert Laumbach, Annette Peters, Sanjay T. Rajagopalan, David Rich, Beate Ritz, Jonathan M. Samet, Thomas Sandstrom, Torben Sigsgaard, Jordi Sunyer, Bert Brunekreef   Abstract The American Thoracic Society has previously published statements on what constitutes an adverse effect on health…

Prognostic nomogram for inpatients with asthma exacerbation

BMC Pulmonary Medicine RESEARCH ARTICLE – OPEN ACCESS – OPEN PEER REVIEW Wakae Hasegawa,Yasuhiro Yamauchi Email author,Hideo Yasunaga,Hideyuki Takeshima,Yukiyo Sakamoto,Taisuke Jo,Yusuke Sasabuchi,Hiroki Matsui,Kiyohide Fushimi and Takahide Nagase BMC Pulmonary Medicine BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 2017 17:108 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0450-2 Open Peer Review reports Abstract…

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis in the adult population within the commonwealth of independent states: rationale and design of the CORE study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted  17:131, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0471-x Open Peer Review reports Yuriy Feshchenko, Liudmila Iashyna, Damilya Nugmanova, Olga Gyrina, Marina Polyanskaya, Alexander Markov, Maryna Moibenko,…

Risks associated with managing asthma without a preventer: urgent healthcare, poor asthma control and over-the-counter reliever use in a cross-sectional population survey

BMJ Open Respiratory medicine-Research BMJ Open 2017;7:e016688. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016688 Helen K Reddel1, ,Rosario D Ampon1, ,Susan M Sawyer2,3,4, ,Matthew J Peters5 Abstract Objectives Overuse of asthma relievers, particularly without anti-inflammatory preventers, increases asthma risks.…