Study objectives To investigate the possible relationship between functional respiratory
impairment measured by FEV 1 and isolation of diverse pathogens in the sputum of patients with …

Dialkyl phthalate esters (DPEs) are widely used industrial chemicals with octanol−seawater
partition coefficients ranging between 10 1.80 for dimethyl phthalate to 10 10.0 for di-iso-…

Clinical decision-support systems (CDSSs) comprise systems as diverse as sophisticated
platforms to store and manage clinical data, tools to alert clinicians of problematic situations, or …

Modifications in gastrointestinal parameters, intestinal colonization and tolerance are some
of the main goals claimed for probiotics. However, although healthy people are the common …

PURPOSE: To develop a powerful archetype editing framework capable of handling multiple
reference models and oriented towards the semantic description and standardization of …

Orally ingested probiotic bacteria are able to modulate the immune system. However, differences
exist in the immunomodulatory effects of different probiotic strains. Moreover, different …

Objective This systematic review aims to identify and compare the existing processes and
methodologies that have been published in the literature for defining clinical information …

We assessed the association between occupational exposures and symptoms of chronic
bronchitis and pulmonary ventilatory defects in a general population-based study of five areas …

The life-long clinical information of any person supported by electronic means configures
his Electronic Health Record (EHR). This information is usually distributed among several …

We assessed the association of asthma prevalence in young adults with susceptibility factors
and environmental exposures, taking into account the age at asthma onset. A random …