... Marco Background: In the Genes Environment Interaction in Respiratory Diseases population-based multi-case control study, we investigated whether asthma, chronic bronchitis (CB) and rhinitis were associated with a reduced 6-minute walk distance (6MWD), and whether the 6MWD determinants were similar...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Persulfate salts Rhinitis Dermatitis Chronic bronchitis Asthma, together with disease due to asbestos exposure, is the most common occupational lung disease in industrialized countries [ 1 ]. Occupational exposure...

... in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of 9 control subjects, 19 asthmatics and 36 chronic bronchitis patients. Its levels were correlated with neutrophil and eosinophil counts as well as levels of myeloperoxidase (MPO) and eosinophil cationic protein in the BALE Asthmatic and chronic bronchitis patients had...