Symptoms of Asthma, Bronchial Responsiveness and Atopy in Immigrants and Emigrants in Europe
Copyright #ERS Journals Ltd 2001 Eur Respir J 2001; 18: 459–465 European Respiratory Journal Printed in UK – all rights reserved ISSN 0903-1936 Symptoms of asthma, bronchial responsiveness and atopy in immigrants and emigrants in Europe A. Tobias*,#, J.B. Soriano*,}, S. Chinnz, J.M. Anto*,§, J. Sunyer*, P. Burneyz, for the European Community Respiratory Health Survey Symptoms of asthma, bronchial responsiveness and atopy in immigrants and emigrants *Respiratory and Environmental Health Research Unit, IMIM, Barcelona, in Europe. A. Tobias, J.B. Soriano, S. Chinn, J.M. Anto, J. Sunyer, P. Burney, for the # European Community Respiratory Health Survey. #ERS Journals Ltd 2001. Spain, Dept of Clinical Epidemiology ABSTRACT: Migration studies on asthma may provide information on its environ- and Public Health, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, mental causes. The European Community Respiratory Health Survey has potential Spain, }Worldwide Epidemiology, advantages due to the number of countries involved, standardized collection of inform- GlaxoSmithKline Rz and D, Greenford, ation, assessment of directionality of migration, and availability of physiological data Middlesex, UK, Dept of Public on bronchial responsiveness and atopy. Health Sciences, Guy9s, King9s and St. Prevalence rates of symptoms associated with asthma were compared for immi- Thomas9 School of Medicine, Guy9s § grants, emigrants and nonmigrants living in centres mostly in western Europe. Similar Hospital, London, UK and Dept of analyses were carried out for bronchial responsiveness (provocative concentration Experimental and Health Sciences, causing a 20% fall in forced expiratory volume in one second and slope) and atopy. Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Medication and use of health services were also explored.
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