title: The role of smoking in allergy and asthma: lessons from the ECRHS.
abstract: The European Community Respiratory Health Survey is an international multicenter cohort study of asthma, allergy, and lung function that began in the early-1990s with recruitment of population-based samples of 20- to 44-year-old adults, mainly in Europe. The aims of the study are broad ranging but include assessment of the role of in utero exposure to tobacco smoke, exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, and active smoking on the incidence, prevalence, and prognosis of allergy and asthma. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses looking at these associations have been conducted, sometimes only using information collected in one country, and on other occasions using information collected in all the participating centers. This article summarizes the results from these various publications from this large epidemiologic study.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Accordini
authors.forename: Christer
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Janson
authors.forename: Cecilie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Svanes
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jarvis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D015984:Causality; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005062:European Union / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000276:immunology; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D018811:Maternal Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010290:Parents; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution; D007073:Immunoglobulin E