Josep M. Antó

Propuestas de reforma de los servicios de salud pública en Cataluña (2006)

Antó, Josep M., Pané, Olga, Peray, Josep L. De, Villalbí, Joan Ramon

En el año 2004 el gobierno de Cataluña planteó la necesidad de abordar la reforma de sus servicios de salud pública. En este contexto creó un Comité Científico con expertos de diversas...

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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Sensitization to individual allergens as risk factors for lower FEV1 in young adults (2000)

Sunyer, Jordi, Soriano, Joan, Antó, Josep M, Burgos, Felip, Pereira, Antonio, Payo, Félix, ...

Background Atopy may impair ventilatory function, but results are controversial. We assess the association between individual reactivity to allergens and the level of baseline maximal one-second...

Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Are at Increased Risk of Death Associated with Urban Particle Air Pollution: A Case-Crossover Analysis (2000)

Sunyer, Jordi, Schwartz, Joel, Tobías, Aurelio, Macfarlane, Dave, Garcia, Judith, Antó, Josep M

The authors assessed the acute association between particulate air pollution and mortality among subjects suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by using a case-crossover analysis. This...

Asthma Visits to Emergency Rooms and Soybean Unloading in the Harbors of Valencia and A Coruna, Spain (1999)

Ballester, Ferran, Soriano, Joan B., Otero, Isabel, Rivera, Maria Luisa, Sunyer, Jordi, Merelles, Antoni, ...

Soybean unloading in the harbor of Barcelona, Spain, has been associated with large increases in the numbers of asthma patients treated in emergency departments between 1981 and 1987. In this study,...

Air Pollution and Emergency Room Admissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A 5-year Study (1993)

Sunyer, Jordi, Sáez, Marc, Murillo, Carles, Castellsague, Jordi, Martínez, Francesc, Antó, Josep M.

An association between sulfur dioxide levels in urban air and the daily number of emergency room admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was previously reported in Barcelona, Spain, for...

Effects of Urban Air Pollution on Emergency Room Admissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (1991)

Sunyer, Jordi, Antó, Josep M., Murillo, Carles, Saez, Marc

The authors assessed the relation between sulfur dioxide and other air pollutants (black smoke, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and ozone) and daily emergency room admissions for chronic...

Prenatal Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) and Asthma in Children

Sunyer, Jordi, Torrent, Maties, Muñoz-Ortiz, Laura, Ribas-Fitó, Núria, Carrizo, Daniel, Grimalt, Joan, ...

Prevalence of asthma increases with increasing dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) levels. However, the effect of early-life exposure, the fundamental window of exposure, is unknown. We assessed...

Prenatal Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) and Asthma in Children

Sunyer, Jordi, Torrent, Maties, Muñoz-Ortiz, Laura, Ribas-Fitó, Núria, Carrizo, Daniel, Grimalt, Joan, ...

Prevalence of asthma increases with increasing dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) levels. However, the effect of early-life exposure, the fundamental window of exposure, is unknown. We assessed...

Occupational Risk Factors and Asthma among Health Care Professionals

Delclos, George L., Gimeno, David, Arif, Ahmed A., Burau, Keith D., Carson, Arch, Lusk, Christine, ...

Rationale: Recent U.S. data suggest an increased risk of work-related asthma among health care workers, yet only a few specific determinants have been elucidated.

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.