The aim of this review was to assess the evidence from recent prospective studies that long-term
traffic pollution could contribute to the development of asthma-like symptoms and …

Background Asthma and allergies are less common in children who have been raised in
farming environments. Objectives To assess whether children who grow up in a farming …

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 …

… (0 4 l/min) passes an impregnated sintered glass filter for absorption of NO2 and a second
fraction (M l/… 14 Braback L, Kalvesten L. Urban living as a risk factor for atopic sensitization in …

Objectives To investigate if air pollution and greenness exposure from birth till adulthood
affects adult asthma, rhinitis and lung function. Methods: We analysed data from 3428 …

The association between breastfeeding and wheezing, lung function and atopy was evaluated
in the International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase II. Cross-…

… Departments of Paediatrics and Occupational Medicine, Sundsvall, Sweden L Braback A …
8 BrAback L, Kalvesten L. Urban living as a risk factor for atopic sensitizationin Swedish …

Background The two inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), ulcerative colitis and Crohn's
disease, has increased rapidly during the twentieth century, but the aetiology is still poorly …

Introduction Asthma is a complex, heterogeneous disease and one of the most common
chronic diseases among children. Exposure to ambient air pollution in early life and childhood …

Background Self-report questionnaires are commonly used in epidemiology, but may be
susceptible to misclassification, especially if answers are given on behalf of others, eg children …