A5060714514- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Occupational exposure and asthma
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Occupational and environmental lung diseases
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
- Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
- Noise Effects and Management
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Human Health and Disease
- Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Odor and Emission Control Technologies
- Sleep and related disorders
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
Danish Ramazzini Center
2016-2025
Aarhus University
2016-2025
Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer
2024
National Research Centre for the Working Environment
2015-2023
Aarhus University Hospital
2013-2023
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
2021-2023
Utrecht University
2023
University of Bergen
2022
University of Manchester
2022
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
2022
Work-related asthma, which includes occupational asthma and work-aggravated has become one of the most prevalent lung diseases. These guidelines aim to upgrade health standards, contribute importantly transnational legal harmonisation reduce high socio-economic burden caused by this disorder. A systematic literature search related five key questions was performed: diagnostics; risk factors; outcome management options; medical screening surveillance; controlling exposure for primary...
The aim of this study was to estimate occupational exposure inhalable wood dust by country, industry, the level and type in 25 member states European Union (EU-25) for purposes hazard control, surveillance assessment health risks. National labour force statistics, a country questionnaire (in 15 states, EU-15), company survey Finland, France, Germany Spain), measurements (from Denmark, Germany, Netherlands United Kingdom) expert judgements were used generate preliminary estimates different...
Abstract The term irritant‐induced (occupational) asthma ( IIA ) has been used to denote various clinical forms of related irritant exposure at work. causal relationship between exposure(s) and the development can be substantiated by temporal association onset symptoms a single or multiple high‐level irritants, whereas this only inferred from epidemiological data for workers chronically exposed moderate levels irritants. Accordingly, following phenotypes should distinguished within wide...
Rationale: Menopause is associated with changes in sex hormones, which affect immunity, inflammation, and osteoporosis may impair lung function. Lung function decline has not previously been investigated relation to menopause.Objectives: To study whether decline, assessed by FVC FEV1, accelerated women who undergo menopause.Methods: The population-based longitudinal European Community Respiratory Health Survey provided serum samples, spirometry, questionnaire data about respiratory...
Abstract. We examine here the hypothesis that during flowering, grass pollen concentrations at a specific site reflect distribution of sources within few kilometres this site. perform analysis on data from measurement campaign in city Aarhus (Denmark) using three traps and by comparing these observations with novel inventory sources. The source is based new methodology developed for urban-scale believed to be generally applicable European area, as it relies commonly available remote sensing...
Mothers' smoking during pregnancy increases asthma risk in their offspring. There is some evidence that grandmothers' may have a similar effect, and biological plausibility fathers' adolescence influence offspring's health through transmittable epigenetic changes sperm precursor cells. We evaluated the three-generation associations of tobacco with asthma. Between 2010 2013, at European Community Respiratory Health Survey III clinical interview, 2233 mothers 1964 fathers from 26 centres...
Rationale: Cleaning tasks may imply exposure to chemical agents with potential harmful effects the respiratory system, and increased risk of asthma symptoms among professional cleaners in persons cleaning at home has been reported. Long-term consequences on health are, however, not well described.Objectives: This study aimed investigate long-term occupational lung function decline airway obstruction.Methods: The European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) investigated a multicenter...
Exposure to respirable crystalline silica is suggested increase the risk of autoimmune rheumatic diseases. We examined association between exposure and systemic sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus small vessel vasculitis.In a cohort study total Danish working population, we included 1 541 505 male 470 769 female workers followed since entering labour market 1979-2015. Each worker was annually assigned level estimated with quantitative job matrix. identified cases diseases in...
This study aimed to construct a job exposure matrix (JEM) for risk of becoming infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in an occupational setting.Experts epidemiology from three European countries (Denmark, The Netherlands and United Kingdom) defined relevant workplace characteristics regard possible virus. In iterative process, experts rated different dimensions COVID-19-JEM each title within International Standard Classification Occupations system 2008 (ISCO-08). Agreement scores, weighted...
Intensive and widespread use of pesticides raises serious environmental human health concerns. The presence levels 209 pesticide residues (active substances transformation products) in 625 samples (201 soil, 193 crop, 20 outdoor air, 115 indoor dust, 58 surface water, 38 sediment samples) have been studied. were collected during the 2021 growing season, across 10 study sites, covering main European crops, conventional organic farming systems. We profiled found different matrices using...
BackgroundThere is limited and conflicting evidence on the effect of menopause asthma.ObjectivesWe sought to study whether incidence asthma respiratory symptoms differ by menopausal status in a longitudinal population-based with an average follow-up 12 years.MethodsThe Respiratory Health Northern Europe provided questionnaire data pertaining reproductive health at baseline (1999-2001) (2010-2012). The cohort included women aged 45 65 years follow-up, without baseline, not using exogenous...
Selection bias is a systematic error in epidemiologic studies that may seriously distort true measures of associations between exposure and disease. Observational are highly susceptible to selection bias, researchers should therefore always examine what extent be present their material characterizes the material. In study we examined long-term participation consequences loss follow-up Respiratory Health Northern Europe (RHINE), Italian centers European Community Survey (I-ECRHS), Study on...
Background: Whereas it is generally accepted that maternal environment plays a key role in child health, emerging evidence suggests paternal before conception also impacts health. We aimed to investigate the association between children's asthma risk and parental smoking welding exposures prior conception. Methods: In longitudinal, multi-country study, parents of 24 168 offspring aged 2–51 years provided information on their life-course habits, occupational exposure metal fumes, offspring's...
Occupational exposures have been associated with an increased risk of COPD. However, few studies related objectively assessed occupational to prospectively incidence COPD, using postbronchodilator lung function tests. Our objective was examine the effect on COPD in European Community Respiratory Health Survey.General population samples aged 20-44 were randomly selected 1991-1993 and followed up 20 years later (2010-2012). Spirometry performed at baseline follow-up, incident defined a lower...
Exposure to high molecular weight sensitizers of biological origin is an important risk factor for the development asthma and rhinitis. Most causal allergens have been defined based on their reactivity with IgE antibodies, in many cases, structure function established. Significant information allergen levels that cause sensitization allergic symptoms several major environmental occupational has reported. Monitoring carrier particles part management respiratory diseases requires standardized...