Environmental Factors And Asthma: What We Learned From Epidemiological Studies, An Issue Of Immunology And Allergy Clinics (the Clinics: Internal Medicine)

Topics include: ''Passing smoking and adult asthma'', ''Traffic, outdoor air pollution, and asthma'', ''Social environment, neighborhood stress, and adult asthma'', ''Viral infections and asthma exacerbations in children and adults'', ''Occupational exposures and exacerbation of adult asthma'', ''Asthma in the inner city: Indoor exposures and respiratory status'', ''Dampness and mold in the indoor environment: implications for asthma'', ''Indoor combustion and asthma'', ''Dietary factors and asthma'', ''Environment and genetics'', and ''Obesity and asthma''. Cover......Page 1 Foreword......Page 2 Preface......Page 4 Dampness and Mold in the Indoor Environment: Implications for Asthma......Page 6 Dampness/mold and asthma development-recent publications......Page 7 Adults......Page 8 Children......Page 12 Dampness/mold and dyspnea-recent publications......Page 13 Adults......Page 14 Children......Page 19 Workplace intervention studies......Page 21 School intervention studies......Page 22 Summary......Page 23 References......Page 24 Adult exposure......Page 27 Woodstoves......Page 28 Coal stoves......Page 29 Gas heaters......Page 30 Intervention studies......Page 31 Gas cooking stoves......Page 32 Child exposure......Page 33 Nitrogen dioxide exposure......Page 35 Discussion......Page 36 References......Page 38 Prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure......Page 40 Secondhand smoke exposure and asthma induction in adults......Page 41 Secondhand smoke exposure and exacerbation of pre-existing adult asthma......Page 48 References......Page 52 Birth cohorts......Page 57 Viral pathogens associated with bronchiolitis and wheezing illnesses in young children......Page 58 The increasing importance of rhinovirus in wheezing illnesses in older children......Page 63 Overview......Page 64 Respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis and non-respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis......Page 65 Birth cohorts......Page 66 Asthma exacerbations in children......Page 67 The September epidemic of asthma......Page 71 Prevalence of virus detection in adults with asthma during exacerbations and quiescence......Page 72 Summary......Page 73 References......Page 74 Relationships between asthma and occupation......Page 80 Occupational asthma......Page 81 Work-exacerbated asthma......Page 85 References......Page 90 The outdoor air pollution mix......Page 94 Airway inflammation......Page 95 Acute changes in lung volumes......Page 96 Chronic lung-volume changes......Page 97 Outdoor air pollution and asthma health status......Page 98 Reducing the health burden associated with outdoor air pollution......Page 99 Asthma and traffic-related emissions......Page 100 Summary......Page 101 References......Page 102 Obesity and asthma incidence and prevalence......Page 106 Obesity and asthma severity......Page 110 Obesity and pulmonary physiology......Page 111 Systemic and airway inflammation in obesity......Page 112 Obesity as a modifier of therapeutic response in asthma......Page 114 References......Page 115 Sodium......Page 120 The assessment of diet in epidemiologic studies......Page 121 Evidence for the association between diet and asthma......Page 123 Antioxidants......Page 124 Vitamin D......Page 131 Selenium......Page 132 Polyunsaturated fatty acids......Page 133 Prenatal diet and nutrition......Page 134 Summary......Page 139 References......Page 140 Living on a Farm: Impact on Asthma Induction and Clinical Course......Page 147 The farming environment......Page 148 Sources of protective exposures in farming environments......Page 150 Timing of farming exposures......Page 151 Studies on allergic rhinitis among adults......Page 153 Microbial exposures......Page 156 Mechanisms of protection in farming environments......Page 158 References......Page 160 Does the social environment contribute to asthma?......Page 164 Socioeconomic status......Page 165 Explaining neighborhood effects......Page 166 Social networks and asthma......Page 167 Explaining social network effects......Page 169 Family relationships......Page 170 Parent characteristics......Page 171 Explaining family effects......Page 172 Inflammatory pathways in asthma......Page 173 Social factors and inflammatory responses......Page 174 References......Page 176 Asthma in the Inner City and the Indoor Environment......Page 180 Overview......Page 181 Rodent allergens......Page 182 Cockroach allergen......Page 183 Pet allergens......Page 184 Dust mite allergens......Page 186 Mold......Page 187 Endotoxin......Page 188 Indoor air pollution......Page 189 Particulate matter......Page 190 Nitrogen dioxide......Page 191 Secondhand smoke......Page 192 Ozone......Page 193 References......Page 194 Dampness and mold in the indoor environment : implications for asthma / N.M. Sahakian, J.-H. Park, and J.M. Cox-Ganser Indoor combustion and asthma / Kathleen Belanger and Elizabeth W. Triche Passive smoking and adult asthma / Mark D. Eisner The impact of respiratory viral infection on wheezing illnesses and asthma exacerbations / Kecia N. Carroll and Tina V. Hartert Occupational exposures and adult asthma / Susan M. Tarlo Traffic, outdoor air pollution, and asthma / Fernando Holguin Obesity and asthma / E. Rand Sutherland Dietary factors and the development of asthma / Augusto A. Litonjua Living on a farm : impact on asthma induction and clinical course / Erika von Mutius and Katja Radon Does the social environment contribute to asthma? / Edith Chen and Hannah M.C. Schreier Asthma in the inner city and the indoor environment / Elizabeth C. Matsui ... [et al.].