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Patients with overlapping diagnoses of asthma and COPD: is livestock exposure a risk factor for comorbidity and coexisting symptoms and infections?

Research article Open Access Open Peer Review BMC Pulmonary Medicine Christos Baliatsas, Lidwien A. M. Smit, Michel L. A. Dückers, Christel E. van Dijk, Dick Heederik and C. Joris Yzermans BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2019 19:105 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background Epidemiological research on health effects of livestock exposure in population subgroups with…

The Children’s Respiratory and Environmental Workgroup (CREW) birth cohort consortium: design, methods, and study population

Study protocol – Open Access Respiratory Research James E. Gern, Daniel J. Jackson, Robert F. LemanskeJr, Christine M. Seroogy, Umberto Tachinardi, Mark Craven, Stephen Y. Hwang, Carol M. Hamilton, Wayne Huggins, George T. O’Connor, Diane R. Gold, Rachel Miller, Meyer Kattan, Christine C. Johnson, Dennis Ownby, Edward M. Zoratti, Robert A. Wood, Cynthia M. Visness, Fernando Martinez, Anne Wright, Susan Lynch, Carole Ober, Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, Patrick Ryan, Tina Hartert and Leonard B. Bacharier Respiratory Research 2019 20:115 Abstract Background Single birth cohort studies have been the basis for many discoveries about early life risk factors for childhood…

The moderating effect of childhood disadvantage on the associations between smoking and occupational exposure and lung function; a cross sectional analysis of the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS)

BMC Public Health Research article Open Access Open Peer Review Caroline Carney and Michaela Benzeval BMC Public Health 2019 19:690 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019–z Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background Lung function is lower in people with disadvantaged socio-economic position (SEP) and…

Effects of short-term smoking on lung function and airway hyper-responsiveness in young patients with untreated intermittent adult-onset asthma: retrospective cross-sectional study at a primary–tertiary care hospital in Japan

 BMJ Open 2019;9:e023450. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023450 Kentaro Watai, Kiyoshi Sekiya, Hiroaki Hayashi, Yuma Fukutomi, Masami Taniguchi Abstract Objective In daily clinical practice, smokers with asthma and with intermittent disease severity are frequently encountered. The effects of…

Similar immune mechanisms control experimental airway eosinophilia elicited by different allergens and treatment protocols

Research article   Open Access BMC Immunology Evelyn J. Hyde, Kirsty A. Wakelin, Naomi J. Daniels, Sayani Ghosh and Franca Ronchese BMC Immunology 2019 20:18 Abstract Background Mouse models have been extremely valuable in identifying the fundamental mechanisms of airway inflammation that underlie human allergic asthma.…