Title |
Recent Advances in the Epidemiologic Investigation of Risk Factors for Asthma: A Review of the 2011 Literature
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Published in |
Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, March 2012
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DOI | 10.1007/s11882-012-0254-7 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Josep M. Antó |
Abstract |
The present review aims to identify and summarize epidemiologic investigations published during 2011 on the environmental risk factors for asthma. Potentially eligible papers were identified by a MEDLINE search. In total, 1,130 items were retrieved. Based on a broad definition of environment, the following topics were included: obesity, diet, vitamin D, air pollution, farming environment, and social factors. Some of the more relevant contributions included evidence that 1) obesity precedes asthma, 2) fruit consumption is longitudinally associated with a lower risk of asthma and atopy, 3) a comprehensive statewide smoking ban was followed by a reduction in hospital admissions for asthma, 4) asthma is one of the diseases showing the largest burdens due to environmental tobacco smoke, 5) traffic-related urban air pollution is associated with bronchial inflammation as measured by fractional exhaled nitric oxide and uncontrolled asthma, 6) aeroallergens and desert dust may contribute to the short-term effects of air pollution and asthma, and 7) maternal exposure to air pollution before and during pregnancy may alter the immune competence in offspring. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Australia | 1 | 50% |
Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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France | 2 | 1% |
United States | 2 | 1% |
Colombia | 1 | <1% |
Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
Spain | 1 | <1% |
Australia | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 150 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 31 | 19% |
Researcher | 26 | 16% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 19 | 12% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 5% |
Other | 19 | 12% |
Unknown | 36 | 23% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 53 | 33% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 8% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 7% |
Environmental Science | 8 | 5% |
Social Sciences | 7 | 4% |
Other | 25 | 16% |
Unknown | 42 | 26% |