Background Mothers’ smoking during pregnancy increases asthma risk in their offspring.
There is some evidence that grandmothers’ smoking may have a similar effect, and biological …

This longitudinal study investigated whether smoking bans influence passive smoking at
work and/or at home in the same subjects. Passive smoking at work and/or at home was …

Rationale: Menopause is associated with changes in sex hormones, which affect immunity,
inflammation, and osteoporosis and may impair lung function. Lung function decline has not …

Background Previous studies have reported an association between weight increase and
excess lung function decline in young adults followed for short periods. We aimed to estimate …

Background Cross-sectional studies have reported a lower prevalence of sensitization in
older adults, but few longitudinal studies have examined whether this is an aging or a year-of-…

Mechanistic research suggests that lifestyle and environmental factors impact respiratory
health across generations by epigenetic changes transmitted through male germ cells. …

Activity-related breathlessness is twice as common among females as males in the general
population and is associated with adverse health outcomes. We tested whether this sex …

Background Change in the prevalence of asthma-like symptoms in populations of ageing
adults is likely to be influenced by smoking, asthma treatment and atopy. Methods The …

Asthma often remains uncontrolled, despite the fact that the pharmacological treatment has
undergone large changes. We studied changes in the treatment of asthma over a 20-year …

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