The prevalence of atopic eczema has been found to have increased greatly in some parts of
the world. Building on a systematic review of global disease trends in asthma, our objective …

Background Accumulating evidence implicates early life factors in the aetiology of non-
communicable diseases, including asthma/wheezing disorders. We undertook a systematic …

Background Smoke-free legislation has the potential to reduce the substantive disease
burden associated with second-hand smoke exposure, particularly in children. We …

Objectives: To investigate the effectiveness of case finding of patients at risk of developing
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, whether the method is suitable for use in general …

BACKGROUND It is important to diagnose asthma at an early stage as early treatment may
improve the prognosis in the long term. However, many patients do not present at an early …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer, asthma and pulmonary
tuberculosis are common pulmonary diseases that are caused or worsened by tobacco …

Background Acute bacterial conjunctivitis is an infection of the conjunctiva. Both the
palpebral and the bulbar ocular conjunctival surfaces are usually affected and typically …

Background: Symptom-based questionnaires may enhance chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) screening in primary care. Objectives: We prospectively tested questions to …

Exposure-response relationships for endotoxin as measured in dust and longitudinal
decline in lung function were studied. A cohort of 171 pig farmers was followed over a 3-yr …

The aim of this prospective study was to detect subjects in the general population with
objective signs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma at an early …