Deborah Jarvis

Air pollution and lung function in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (2008)

Götschi, Thomas, Sunyer, Jordi, Chinn, Susan, De Marco, Roberto, Forsberg, Bertil, Gauderman, James W, ...

Background The association of long-term air pollution and lung function has not been studied across adult European multi-national populations before. The aim of this study was to determine the...

Annoyance due to air pollution in Europe (2007)

Jacquemin, Bénédicte, Sunyer, Jordi, Forsberg, Bertil, Götschi, Thomas, Bayer-Oglesby, Lucy, Ackermann-Liebrich, Ursula, ...

Background Annoyance due to air pollution is a subjective score of air quality, which has been incorporated into the National Environmental monitoring of some countries. The objectives of this study...

Latitude, Birth Date, and Allergy (2005)

Wjst, Matthias, Dharmage, Shyamali, André, Elisabeth, Norback, Dan, Raherison, Chantal, Villani, Simona, ...

Background: The space and time distribution of risk factors for allergic diseases may provide insights into disease mechanisms. Allergy is believed to vary by month of birth, but multinational...

Latitude, Birth Date, and Allergy (2005)

Matthias Wjst, Shyamali Dharmage, Elisabeth André, Dan Norback, Chantal Raherison, Simona Villani, ...

A large international survey of risk factors associated with allergy refutes previous work suggesting that allergy varies by month of birth

Latitude, Birth Date, and Allergy (2005)

Matthias Wjst, Shyamali Dharmage, Elisabeth André, Dan Norback, Chantal Raherison, Simona Villani, ...

Background The space and time distribution of risk factors for allergic diseases may provide insights into disease mechanisms. Allergy is believed to vary by month of birth, but multinational studies...

Change in prevalence of IgE sensitization and mean total IgE with age and cohort (2005)

Jarvis, Deborah, Luczynska, Christina, Chinn, Susan, Potts, James, Sunyer, Jordi, Janson, Christer, ...

BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies show that the prevalence of IgE sensitization is lower in older age groups than younger age groups. This could reflect either a decrease in sensitization with...

Smoking cessation, lung function, and weight gain: a follow-up study (2005)

Chinn, Susan, Jarvis, Deborah, Melotti, Roberto, Luczynska, Christina, Ackermann-Liebrich, Ursula, Antó, Josep M, ...

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Socioeconomic Status and Asthma Prevalence in Young Adults: The European Community Respiratory Health Survey (2004)

Basagaña, Xavier, Sunyer, Jordi, Kogevinas, Manolis, Zock, Jan-Paul, Duran-Tauleria, Enric, Jarvis, Deborah, ...

The authors assessed the association between asthma prevalence and socioeconomic status at both the individual and center levels simultaneously .by using data from 32 centers in 15 countries....

Adjustment of Reported Prevalence of Respiratory Symptoms for Non-Response in a Multi-Centre Health Survey (1995)

CHINN, SUSAN, ZANOLIN, ELISABETTA, LAI, ERIC, JARVIS, DEBORAH, LUCZYNSKA, CHRISTINA M, BURNEY, PETER G J

Background. Estimation of non-response bias by modelling prevalence as a function of the number of mailings required to achieve a response, or of the cumulative response, has been advocated, but the...

Latitude, Birth Date, and Allergy

Wjst, Matthias, Dharmage, Shyamali, André, Elisabeth, Norback, Dan, Raherison, Chantal, Villani, Simona, ...

A large international survey of risk factors associated with allergy refutes previous work suggesting that allergy varies by month of birth

Latitude, Birth Date, and Allergy

Wjst, Matthias, Dharmage, Shyamali, André, Elisabeth, Norback, Dan, Raherison, Chantal, Villani, Simona, ...

A large international survey of risk factors associated with allergy refutes previous work suggesting that allergy varies by month of birth

The Use of Household Cleaning Sprays and Adult Asthma: An International Longitudinal Study

Zock, Jan-Paul, Plana, Estel, Jarvis, Deborah, Antó, Josep M., Kromhout, Hans, Kennedy, Susan M., ...

Rationale: Cleaning work and professional use of certain cleaning products have been associated with asthma, but respiratory effects of nonprofessional home cleaning have rarely been studied.