Rationale: The role of air pollution exposure in the development of asthma, allergies, and
related symptoms remains unclear, due in part to the limited number of prospective cohort …

BACKGROUND: Asthma has its origins in early childhood, but different patterns of childhood
wheezing vary in their associations with subsequent asthma, atopy, and bronchial …

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a commonly occurring chronic skin disease with high heritability.
Apart from filaggrin (FLG), the genes influencing atopic dermatitis are largely unknown. We …

BACKGROUND: A self-administered semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ)
was developed for the Dutch cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer …

Background Eczema, rhinitis, and asthma often coexist (comorbidity) in children, but the
proportion of comorbidity not attributable to either chance or the role of IgE sensitisation is …

Flavonoids have been suggested to protect against chronic lung disease. We studied intake
of catechins, flavonols, and flavones in relation to pulmonary function and COPD symptoms …

BACKGROUND A study was undertaken to investigate the relationships between the intake
of the antioxidant (pro)-vitamins C, E and β-carotene and the presence of respiratory …

Background: Caesarean section might be a risk factor for asthma because of delayed
microbial colonisation, but the association remains controversial. A study was undertaken to …

Background Previous published analyses have focused on the effect of air pollution on
asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis throughout early and middle childhood. However, the role of …

BACKGROUND: Clinicians have difficulty in diagnosing asthma in preschool children with
suggestive symptoms. OBJECTIVE: We sought to develop a clinical asthma prediction score …