Searched for *.

1. Spirometer replacement and serial lung function measurements in population studies: results from the SAPALDIA study (Publications)

   Spirometer replacement and serial lung function measurements in population studies: results from the SAPALDIA study

   Relevance:

   The Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung and Heart Disease in Adults (SAPALDIA), a population cohort study, used heated-wire spirometers in 1991 and 2002 and then ultrasonic spirometers in 201

2. alpha1-antitrypsin level and pheno/genotypes [Letter to the Editor] (Publications)

   alpha1-antitrypsin level and pheno/genotypes [Letter to the Editor]

   Relevance:

3. Spatio-temporal variation of urban ultrafine particle number concentrations (Publications)

   Spatio-temporal variation of urban ultrafine particle number concentrations

   Relevance:

4. Changes in IgE sensitization and total IgE levels over 20 years of follow-up (Publications)

   Changes in IgE sensitization and total IgE levels over 20 years of follow-up

   Relevance:

   BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies have reported a lower prevalence of sensitization in older adults, but few longitudinal studies have examined whether this is an aging or a year-of-birth cohort eff

5. Intermittency ratio: a metric reflecting short-term temporal variations of transportation noise exposure (Publications)

   Intermittency ratio: a metric reflecting short-term temporal variations of transportation noise exposure

   Relevance:

   Most environmental epidemiology studies model health effects of noise by regressing on acoustic exposure metrics that are based on the concept of average energetic dose over longer time periods (i.e.

6. Passive Smoking Exposure in Adults and Chronic Respiratory Symptoms (SAPALDIA study) (Authors' response) (Publications)

   Passive Smoking Exposure in Adults and Chronic Respiratory Symptoms (SAPALDIA study) (Authors' response)

   Relevance:

7. Common variants in Mendelian kidney disease genes and their association with renal function (Publications)

   Common variants in Mendelian kidney disease genes and their association with renal function

   Relevance:

   Many common genetic variants identified by genome-wide association studies for complex traits map to genes previously linked to rare inherited Mendelian disorders. A systematic analysis of common sing

8. Early detection of subjects at risk for vascular remodelling - results from the Swiss population-based study SAPALDIA (Publications)

   Early detection of subjects at risk for vascular remodelling - results from the Swiss population-based study SAPALDIA

   Relevance:

   QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY: As the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) increases globally, its prevention and risk assessment becomes ever more important. We thus investigated the longitudinal associati

9. Common genes underlying asthma and COPD? Genome-wide analysis on the Dutch hypothesis (Publications)

   Common genes underlying asthma and COPD? Genome-wide analysis on the Dutch hypothesis

   Relevance:

   Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are thought to share a genetic background ("Dutch hypothesis"). We investigated whether asthma and COPD have common underlying genetic factors,

10. Health risk assessment along wastewater recovery and reuse systems in Kampala, Uganda and Hanoi, Vietnam (Publications)

    Health risk assessment along wastewater recovery and reuse systems in Kampala, Uganda and Hanoi, Vietnam

    Relevance: