Abstract
In this article, early career members of the Epidemiology and Environment Assembly of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) summarise a selection of five sessions from the Society's 2022 congress, with a focus on areas of specific interest for the Assembly, i.e. epidemiology and risk factors of respiratory diseases in both children and adults. Topics covered include the characterization of obstructive respiratory diseases, their comorbidities, and their evolution, with novel insight from large cohorts. The importance of early-life factors in respiratory health was also emphasized, including maternal exposures and habits during pregnancy. As smoking behaviours have changed following the introduction of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, research remains very active to determine the health consequences and predictors of these novel uses, especially in teenagers. The impact of environmental and occupational exposures on respiratory health remains a major topic of the congress, this year with a focus on emerging risk factors such as landscape fire smoke, non-exhaust particles, and nanoparticles. Regarding workplace exposures, old and novel causes of occupational asthma and rhinitis were discussed.
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Conflict of interest: JGH Parkin has nothing to discose
Conflict of interest: L. Delgado-Ortiz has nothing to discose
Conflict of interest: R. Delvert has nothing to discose
Conflict of interest: M Ghosh has nothing to discolse
Conflict of interest: A Korkontzelou reports to be an employee of Chiesi Hellas S.A, outside the submitted work
Conflict of interest: S. Patil has nothing to discose
Conflict of interest: M. Savouré has nothing to disclose
Conflict of interest: M. Jankowski has nothing to discose
Conflict of interest: O. Dumas has nothing to discose.
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- Received October 27, 2022.
- Accepted December 22, 2022.
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