Several factors have been associated with the development of asthma and asthma-related
morbidity and mortality. Exposures in the environment such as allergens and air pollutants …

Maternal psychological distress is common in pregnancy and may influence the risk of
adverse outcomes in children. Psychological distress may cause a suboptimal intrauterine …

Objective To investigate the association between exposures to maternal affective and stress-
related factors during pregnancy and allergies in children from birth to 2 years of age …

Although stress and indoor/outdoor environments have been independently linked with
asthma, their interactions on childhood physician-diagnosed allergic asthma (PDAA) remain …

Food allergy represents a global health problem impacting patients' and caregivers' quality
of life and contributing to increased healthcare costs. Efforts to identify preventive measures …

Although genetic factors play a role in the etiology of atopic disease, the rapid increases in
the prevalence of these diseases over the last few decades suggest that environmental …

Background Allergic diseases are one of the most common and important diseases that can
exert hazardous effects on children's health. The prevalence of allergic diseases in …

The term respiratory disease refers to a number of conditions that affect the lungs or their
components [1]; each of these conditions is characterised by some level of impairment of the …

Abstract In 1952, the Japanese Society for Hygiene had once passed a resolution at its 22nd
symposium on population control, recommending the suppression of population growth …

Aims/hypothesis Psychological stress has long been considered a possible trigger of type 1
diabetes, although prospective studies examining the link between psychological stress or …