Allergic rhinitis is a symptomatic disorder of the nose induced after allergen exposure by an
immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated inflammation of the membranes lining the nose (1). It was …

Background Information on the clinical features of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
will be of value to physicians caring for patients suspected of having this disorder. …

Asthma is a global health problem affecting around 300 million individuals of all ages, ethnic
groups and countries. It is estimated that around 250,000 people die prematurely each year …

… Available from URL: http:// image.thelancet.com/extras/03art4453web.pdf 30 Ho A, Sung
JJY, Chan-Yeung M. An outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) among …

Respiratory diseases associated with agriculture were one of the first-recognized occupational
hazards. Ample data, described in part in these pages, confirm the magnitude and …

We examined common variation in asthma risk by conducting a meta-analysis of worldwide
asthma genome-wide association studies (23,948 asthma cases, 118,538 controls) of …

Occupational asthma has become the most prevalent occupational lung disease in developed
countries. – 5 Surveillance programs in the United Kingdom 4 and in British Columbia, …

The treatment of atypical pneumonia, subsequently termed severe acute respiratory syndrome
(SARS), is controversial, and the efficacy of corticosteroid therapy is unknown. We have …

… Chan-Yeung M, Desjardins A. Nonspecific bronchial … Côté J, Kennedy S, Chan-Yeung M.
Outcome of patients with … Kennedy SM, Enarson DA, Janssen RG, Chan-Yeung M. Lung health …

This is the third edition of Asthma in the Workplace, which remains an exhaustive reference
textbook on all aspects of this topic. The title page also includes the phrase “and related …