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    Lifetime environmental tobacco smoke exposure and the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), which contains potent respiratory irritants, may lead to chronic airway inflammation and obstruction. Although ETS exposure appears to cause asthma in children an...

    Mark D Eisner, John Balmes, Patricia P Katz, Laura Trupin in Environmental Health (2005)

  2. Article

    Open Access

    Work life of persons with asthma, rhinitis, and COPD: A study using a national, population-based sample

    To estimate the duration of work life among persons reporting a physician's diagnosis of COPD, asthma, or rhinitis compared to those with select non-respiratory conditions or none and to delineate the factors ...

    Edward Yelin, Patricia Katz, John Balmes in Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxic… (2006)

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    Open Access

    An integrated model of environmental factors in adult asthma lung function and disease severity: a cross-sectional study

    Diverse environmental exposures, studied separately, have been linked to health outcomes in adult asthma, but integrated multi-factorial effects have not been modeled. We sought to evaluate the contribution of...

    Laura Trupin, John R Balmes, Hubert Chen, Mark D Eisner in Environmental Health (2010)