Asthma is a significant worldwide concern among adolescents. Adolescents experience key
cognitive and psychosocial developmental changes that they must negotiate as they …

Background The impact of work-related asthma (WRA) on quality of life (QoL) and work
productivity remains largely neglected/uncertain despite its high prevalence. Objective To …

Aquaporins (AQPs) are a subgroup of small transmembrane transporters that are distributed
in various types of tissues, including the lung, kidney, heart and central nervous system. It is …

Background Smoking, biomass, and occupational exposure are the main environmental risk
factors for asthma. The purpose of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics of …

Cotton sector workers are more likely to be exposed to the dust of cotton, leading to acute
and chronic respiratory diseases, including chest tightness, bronchoconstriction, and …

Objectives This study aimed to estimate the incidence of asthma and assess the association
between job exposure matrix (N-JEM) assigned occupational exposure, self-reported …

Respiratory surveillance is the process whereby a group of exposed workers are regularly
tested (or screened) for those lung diseases which occur as a result of a specific work …

Background Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a serious respiratory disease,
caused by severe infection, trauma, shock, inhalation of harmful gases and poisons and …

One of occupational illnesses is irritant-induced asthma (IIA), which IIA is a phenotype of
asthma caused by the inhalation of irritant agents. The incidence of IIA is reported as 5-18 …

From The Bible to Bernadino Ramzinni's 18th-century masterpiece De Morbis Artificum
Diatriba, biological hazards, their associated diseases, and their control have been the …