OBJECTIVE: This population-based study, carried out in the framework of the Verona
Diabetes Study, investigated mortality from specific causes in known type 2 diabetic patients …

Sex differences in asthma prevalence and morbidity, assessed with different methods in
different populations, have raised several hypotheses about the different susceptibility to …

The prevalence of asthma increased worldwide until the 1990s, but since then there has
been no clear temporal pattern. The present study aimed to assess time trends in the …

Background: The knowledge of the natural history of asthma from birth to adulthood could
provide important clues for its cause and for the understanding of epidemiologic findings …

Background and Aims The benefit of rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) on the diagnostic
accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound–guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) has never been …

BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the effects of early environmental and congenital factors on
the natural history of asthma may provide important clues to the pathogenesis of asthma …

Long-term exposure to air pollution has adverse respiratory health effects. We investigated
the cross-sectional relationship between residential exposure to air pollutants and the risk of …

Contemporary Africa is undergoing a period of unprecedented urban expansion, which is
throwing up new challenges in the provision of essential services and contentious questions …

Background To estimate the prevalence of respiratory symptoms in individuals with type 2
diabetes, as compared to the general population. Methods Between 2007 and 2010 the …

In the last few years much has been published to validate new technology in brain mapping
for clinical purposes, but there have been few clinical results. In this report we describe our …