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A case of isocyanate-induced asthma possibly complicated by food allergy after peanut consumption: a case report

Acupuncture Provides Cost-Effective Relief For Asthma Patients

Air Pollution and Pulmonary Function in Asthmatic Children: Effects of Prenatal and Lifetime Exposures.

Allergists Highlight New National Asthma Guidelines: Emphasis On Prevention, Avoiding "Attacks"

Anaphylaxis to lemon soap: citrus seed and peanut allergen cross-reactivity.

Animal models to test respiratory allergy of low molecular weight chemicals: A guidance.Upper respiratory tract lesions in inhalation toxicology

Asthma, Children and Pesticides

Asthma and chemical hypersensitivity: prevalence, etiology, and age of onset.

Asthma in humans and cats: is there a common sensitivity to aeroallegens in shared environments?  

Aspirin-induced asthma

Asthma Prevalence Rates and Employer-Paid Costs:  Implications for Employers and Physicians 

Asthma Risk Higher For Infants Who Swim Indoors Poor ventilation, overchlorination can damage developing lungs, study says.

Asthma rate higher in US-born blacks, Dorchester study finds

Asthma's links to air pollution stir worry

Asthmatic Symptoms among Pupils in Relation to Winter Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution in Schools in Taiyuan, China

Atopic diseases, allergic sensitization, and exposure to traffic-related air pollution in children

Babies born by caesarean more prone to asthma, study finds

Back-to-school Season Can Be Tough On Kids With Asthma

Breath air analysis and its use as a biomarker in biological monitoring of occupational and environmental exposure to chemical agents

Breathtaking TRP channels: TRPA1 and TRPV1 in airway chemosensation and reflex control 

Breathe easy? Not when the office may be toxic

Breathing Easy: Indoor Air Quality Update

Bronchial Asthma - Is The Allergic Theory Not Correct? Candida Role In The Disease Development

Bronchial Asthma and Asthmatic Bronchitis Determined by Simple Chemicals

C-Section Birth Raises Risk of Asthma in Newborns by 79 Percent

Capsaicin provocation using two different inhalation devices

Chemical pneumonitis and subsequent reactive airways dysfunction syndrome after a single exposure to a household product: a case report

Chemical respiratory allergy and occupational asthma: what are the key areas of uncertainty?

Chronic Bronchitis Among Nonsmoking Farm Women in the Agricultural Health Study

Cleaning homes could be harmful for asthmatic women

Coarse particulate matter in air may harm hearts of asthma sufferers, UNC study finds

Common Household Cleaners Can Trigger Asthma Fume-Emitting Heaters Also Cited as Asthma Risks 

Contact and respiratory sensitizers can be identified by cytokine profiles following inhalation exposure

CTFA Requests Public Comments on Revised Dermal Sensitization and Inhalation Toxicity Safety Evaluation Guidelines

Detergent Exposure Hard on Workers' Lungs: Studies

Detox Genes Affect Kids & Lung Growth

Diesel emissions are associated with respiratory symptoms in young children living in urban areas

Diesel traffic makes asthma worse

Diminished Cardiopulmonary Capacity During Post-Exertional Malaise -

Disparities in allergy testing and health outcomes among urban children with asthma 

Doctors link gene to childhood asthma-Finding could lead to better understanding of allergies, researchers report

Effect of long-term exposure to low-level toluene on airway inflammatory response in mice.

Effect of odors in asthma.

Effect of pollutants upon patients with respiratory allergies.

Effect of prenatal exposure to fine particles and postnatal indoor air quality on the occurrence of respiratory symptoms in the first two years of life

Effects of biosolubility on pulmonary uptake and disposition of gases and vapors of lipophilic chemicals.

Environmental exposures, nitric oxide synthase genes, and exhaled nitric oxide in asthmatic children

Evaluation of the Contact and Respiratory Sensitization Potential of Volatile Organic Compounds Generated by Simulated Indoor Air Chemistry

Exposure of pregnant mice to an air pollutant aerosol increases asthma susceptibility in offspring

Exposure to nanoparticles is related to pleural effusion, pulmonary fibrosis and granuloma  

Food allergy is associated with an increased risk of asthma

Flying the smoky skies: secondhand smoke exposure of flight attendants

Formaldehyde exposure and leukemia: A new meta-analysis and potential mechanisms.

Gene-environmental interaction in asthma.

Guide on respiratory protection against bioaerosols - Recommendations on its selection and use

Hospital targets asthma in children

Household chemicals, persistent wheezing and lung function: effect modification by atopy?

Household Mold may Promote Asthma and Colds

Identifying low-dose chemical-induced respiratory allergic responses in mice

Increased asthma and respiratory symptoms in children exposed to petrochemical pollution.

Increased release of histamine in patients with respiratory symptoms related to perfume.

Indoor air can be risk for kids with asthma: Air they breathe at home can be worse than pollution, pollen outdoors

Industries and Asthma-Causing Agents

Indoor air can be risk for kids with asthma: Air they breathe at home can be worse than pollution, pollen outdoors 

Indoor allergens, environmental avoidance, and allergic respiratory disease

Indoor molds, bacteria, microbial volatile organic compounds and plasticizers in schools--associations with asthma and respiratory symptoms in pupils.

Indoor residential chemical emissions as risk factors for respiratory and allergic effects in children: a review.

Inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: implications for new treatment strategies.

Inflammatory response to isocyanates and onset of genomic instability in cultured human lung fibroblasts 

Inhalation challenge effects of perfume scent strips in patients with asthma.

Inhalation Exposure Study of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles with a Primary Particle Size of 2 to 5 nm

Inhaled chemicals may enhance allergic airway inflammation in ovalbumin-sensitised mice

Inhaled corticosteroid-related tooth problems in asthmatics

Inhaled ethanol potentiates the cough response to capsaicin in patients with airway sensory hyperreactivity.

Innate immune system targets asthma-linked fungus for destruction

Interior surface materials and asthma in adults : A population-based incident case-control study

Investigating causes of asthma attacks: New sensor system monitors environmental exposure

Johns Hopkins Study: Indoor Air Pollution Increases Asthma Symptoms 

Levels of pollutants in indoor air and respiratory health in preschool children: A systematic review 

Link Found Between Asthma and GERD

Magnesium in the treatment of asthma.

Market Globalisation Is An Indirect Threat To Our Lungs - Fumigation Of Freight Containers Under Scrutiny

Mechanisms of increased airway sensitivity to occupational chemicals and odors.

Mediterranean diet linked to lower asthma risks

Metals in Particulate Pollutants Affect Peak Expiratory Flow of Schoolchildren

Mini-symposium: Pollutants and respiratory health in children. Health effects of ambient air pollution in children

Mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2-dependent pathways are essential for CD8+ T cell-mediated airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation

Mothers' stress may increase children's asthma

MRIs Show Evidence of Lung Damage From Secondhand Smoke

Mucosal symptoms elicited by fragrance products in a population-based sample in relation to atopy and bronchial hyper-reactivity.

Mycobacterial Aerosols and Respiratory Disease

NIH Asthma Guidelines Will Leave Sufferers Breathing Easier This Spring

National Asthma Guidelines Updated

New Bills: Allergens to Parade Rules

New insights into occupational asthma

Nurses who breathe in cleaning chemicals are more likely to get asthma 

Occupational Acute Anaphylactic Reaction to Assault by Perfume Spray in the Face

Occupational asthma and rhinitis caused by eugenol in a hairdresser.

Occupational exposure to dust, gases and fumes, a family history of asthma and impaired respiratory health.

Occupational Exposures and Asthma among Nursing Professionals

Oral sulforaphane increases Phase II antioxidant enzymes in the human upper airway.

Oxidative stress "extremely powerful" in the airways of children with asthma

Parent stress, air pollution up kids' asthma risk

Pesticide use and adult-onset asthma among male farmers in the Agricultural Health Study

Prevalence of self-reported symptoms and consequences related to inhalation of airborne chemicals in a Danish general population.

Proteomic Analysis of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid: Effect of Acute Exposure to Diesel Exhaust Particles in Rats

Repeated waon therapy improves pulmonary hypertension during exercise in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Respiratory and other health effects reported in children exposed to the World Trade Center diaster of 11 September 2001

Respiratory failure in organophosphate insecticide poisoning.

Respiratory Symptoms, Sensitization and Associations with Isocyanate Exposure in Spray Painters

Review of the Upper Airway, Including Olfaction, as Mediator of Symptoms

Role of Oxidative Stress in Ultrafine Particle-Induced Exacerbation of Allergic Lung Inflammation 

Room-specific characteristics of suburban homes as predictors of indoor allergen concentrations

Self-reported home environmental risk factors for childhood asthma: a cross-sectional study of children in Buffalo, New York.

Severe asthma may be a different form of the disease

Team 4: Asthma Increasing Among Pittsburgh-Area Kids

The capsaicin cough reflex in patients with symptoms elicited by odorous chemicals

The Role of Exposure to Phthalates from Polyvinyl Chloride Products in the Development of Asthma and Allergies: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

The use of household cleaning sprays and adult asthma: an international longitudinal study

Triple asthma whammy for girls

Under 40? Contracting asthma still a serious risk

Use of long term dermal sensitization followed by intratracheal challenge method to identify low-dose chemical-induced respiratory allergic responses in mice.

VOC and carbonyl emissions from carpets: a comparative study using four types of environmental chambers.

Volatile organic compounds and pulmonary function in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994.

Volatile organic compounds contribute to airway hyperresponsiveness

What the allergist should know about hypersensitivity pneumonitis.

Work-exacerbated asthma

Worker claims chemical fumes exposure led to asthma.