Browsing by Author "Zock, Jan-Paul"

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  • Association of occupational exposure to disinfectants with incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among US female nurses
    Dumas, Orianne; Varraso, Raphaëlle; Boggs, Krislyn M.; Quinot, Catherine; Zock, Jan-Paul; Henneberger, Paul K.; Speizer, Frank E.; Le Moual, Nicole; Camargo, Carlos A. (American Medical Association, 2019)
    Importance: Exposure to disinfectants in health care workers has been associated with respiratory health outcomes, including asthma. Despite the biological plausibility of an association between disinfectants (irritant ...
  • Asthma and hand dermatitis in cleaning workers: characteristics and risk factors
    Vizcaya Fernández, David (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2011-11-14)
    During the last decade, several studies highlighted a higher risk of asthma among workers using cleaning products and, more specifically, among cleaning workers. A hypothesis on a causal role of irritant exposure has been ...
  • Body mass index and weight change are associated with adult lung function trajectories: the prospective ECRHS study
    Peralta, Gabriela P.; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Zock, Jan-Paul; García Aymerich, Judith (BMJ Publishing Group, 2020)
    BACKGROUND: Previous studies have reported an association between weight increase and excess lung function decline in young adults followed for short periods. We aimed to estimate lung function trajectories during adulthood ...
  • Changes in IgE sensitization and total IgE levels over 20 years of follow-up.
    Amaral, André F.S.; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Zock, Jan-Paul; Deborah, Jarvis (Elsevier, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies have reported a lower prevalence of sensitization in older adults, but few longitudinal studies have examined whether this is an aging or a year-of-birth cohort effect. OBJECTIVE: We ...
  • Chromosomal bands affected by acute oil exposure and DNA repair errors
    Monyarch, Gemma; De Castro Reis, Fernanda; Zock, Jan-Paul; Giraldo, Jesús; Pozo Rodríguez, Francisco; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Rodríguez Trigo, Gema; Gómez, Federico P.; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Coll, Maria; Barberà, Joan Albert; Fuster, Carme (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013)
    Background: In a previous study, we showed that individuals who had participated in oil clean-up tasks after the wreckage of the Prestige presented an increase of structural chromosomal alterations two years after the acute ...
  • Domestic exposure to irritant cleaning agents and asthma in women
    Lemire, Pierre; Dumas, Orianne; Chanoine, Sébastien; Temam, Sofia; Severi, Gianluca; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Zock, Jan-Paul; Siroux, Valérie; Varraso, Raphaëlle; Le Moual, Nicole (Elsevier, 2020)
    An adverse role of frequent domestic use of cleaning agents, especially in spray form, on asthma has been reported. However, sparse studies have investigated respiratory health effects of chronic domestic exposure to ...
  • Early life microbial exposure and fractional exhaled nitric oxide in school-age children: a prospective birth cohort study
    Casas, Lidia; Tischer, Christina; Wouters, Inge M.; Torrent Quetglas, Maties; Gehring, Ulrike; García Esteban, Raquel; Thiering, Elisabeth; Postma, Dirkje S.; de Jongste, Johan; Smit, Henriëtte A.; Borrás Santos, Alícia, 1974-; Zock, Jan-Paul; Hyvärinen, Anne; Heinrich, Joachim; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (BioMed Central, 2013)
    BACKGROUND: Inflammation is a key factor in the pathogenesis of respiratory diseases. Early life exposure to microbial agents may have an effect on the development of the immune system and on respiratory health later in ...
  • Follow-Up Genotoxic Study: Chromosome Damage Two and Six Years after Exposure to the Prestige Oil Spill.
    Hildur, Kristin; Templado, Cristina; Zock, Jan-Paul; Giraldo, Jesús; Pozo Rodríguez, Francisco; Frances, Alexandra; Monyarch, Gemma; Rodríguez Trigo, Gema; Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Emma; Souto, Ana; Gómez, Federico P.; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Barberà, Joan Albert; Fuster, Carme (Public Library of Science, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: The north-west coast of Spain was heavily contaminated by the Prestige oil spill, in 2002. Individuals who participated in the clean-up tasks showed increased chromosome damage two years after exposure. Long-term ...
  • Functional and biological characteristics of asthma in cleaning workers
    Vizcaya Fernández, David; Mirabelli, Maria C.; Orriols, Ramon; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Barreiro Portela, Esther; Burgos, Felip; Arjona, Lourdes; Gómez, Federico P.; Zock, Jan-Paul (Elsevier, 2013)
    OBJECTIVES: Cleaning workers have an increased risk of asthma but the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. We studied functional and biological characteristics in asthmatic cleaners and compared these to healthy ...
  • Indoor dampness and mould in primary schools and respiratory health in children
    Borrás Santos, Alícia, 1974- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2016-02-02)
    Several studies have showed that the occupants of damp or mouldy buildings have an increased risk of respiratory symptoms, respiratory infections and exacerbation of asthma. However, information on the school environment ...
  • Influence of childhood asthma and allergies on occupational exposure in early adulthood: a prospective cohort study
    Dumas, Orianne; Le Moual, Nicole; Lowe, Adrian J.; Lodge, Caroline J.; Zock, Jan-Paul; Kromhout, Hans; Erbas, Bircan; Perret, Jennifer L.; Dharmage, Shyamali C.; Benke, Geza; Abramson, Michael J. (MDPI, 2019)
    We aimed to determine whether history of asthma/allergies in childhood was associated with avoidance of jobs with exposure to asthmagens in early adulthood. The Melbourne Atopic Cohort Study recruited 620 children at high ...
  • Interaction between gas cooking and GSTM1 null genotype in bronchial responsiveness: results from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey
    Amaral, André F. S.; Ramasamy, Adaikalavan; Castro Giner, Francesc; Minelli, Cosetta; Accordini, Simone; Sørheim, Inga-Cecilie; Pin, Isabelle; Kogevinas, Manolis; Jõgi, Rain; Balding, David J.; Norbäck, Dan; Verlato, Giuseppe; Olivieri, Mario; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Janson, Christer; Zock, Jan-Paul; Heinrich, Joachim; Jarvis, Deborah (BMJ Publishing Group, 2014)
    Increased bronchial responsiveness is characteristic of asthma. Gas cooking, which is a major indoor source of the highly oxidant nitrogen dioxide, has been associated with respiratory symptoms and reduced lung function. ...
  • Lifetime occupational exposure to dusts, gases and fumes is associated with bronchitis symptoms and higher diffusion capacity in COPD patients
    Rodríguez, Esther; Zock, Jan-Paul; Serra, Ignasi; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Batlle Garcia, Jordi de, 1981-; Donaire González, David; Benet, Marta; Balcells Vilarnau, Eva, 1967-; Monsó, Eduard; Gayete, Angel; García Aymerich, Judith; PAC-COPD Study Group (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014)
    Background: Occupational exposure to dusts, gases and fumes has been associated with reduced FEV1 and sputum production in COPD patients. The effect of occupational exposure on other characteristics of COPD, especially ...
  • Maternal preconception occupational exposure to cleaning products and disinfectants and offspring asthma
    Tjalvin, Gro; Svanes, Øistein; Igland, Jannicke; Bertelsen, Randi Jacobsen; Benediktsdóttir, Bryndís; Dharmage, Shyamali C.; Forsberg, Bertil; Holm, Mathias; Janson, Christer; Jõgi, Nils Oskar; Johannessen, Ane; Malinovschi, Andrei; Pape, Kathrine; Gómez Real, Francisco; Sigsgaard, Torben; Torén, Kjell; Vindenes, Hilde Kristin; Zock, Jan-Paul; Schlünssen, Vivi; Svanes, Cecilie (Elsevier, 2022)
    Background: Emerging research suggests health effects in offspring after parental chemical exposures before conception. Many future mothers are exposed to potent chemicals at work, but potential offspring health effects ...
  • Microbial exposures, cleaning products and child health
    Casas Ruiz, Lidia, 1978- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2013-04-30)
    Background and aims: The immune, respiratory and central nervous system start developing during pregnancy and continue during the first years of life. Therefore, environmental exposures during these periods may play a role ...
  • Occupational exposures and 20-year incidence of COPD: the European Community Respiratory Health Survey
    Lytras, Theodoros, 1987-; Kogevinas, Manolis; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; García Aymerich, Judith; Zock, Jan-Paul (BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
    Background: Occupational exposures have been associated with an increased risk of COPD. However, few studies have related objectively assessed occupational exposures to prospectively assessed incidence of COPD, using ...
  • Occupational exposures and asthma in domestic cleaning women
    Medina Ramón, Mercedes (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2005-03-10)
    El objetivo del estudio era identificar las exposiciones ocupacionales relacionadas con asma en empleadas de limpieza doméstica. Un estudio poblacional transversal realizado en 4,521 mujeres mostró que las empleadas del ...
  • Occupational risk factors for hand dermatitis among professional cleaners in Spain
    Mirabelli, Maria C.; Vizcaya Fernández, David; Martí Margarit, Anna; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Arjona, Lourdes; Barreiro Portela, Esther; Orriols, Ramon; Gimenez-Arnar, Ana; Zock, Jan-Paul (Wiley, 2012)
    Background. Dermatitis is an important health outcome for workers whose jobs put them in contact with irritants or sensitizing agents. Objectives. We conducted an analysis of data from the Epidemiological Study on the ...
  • Parental occupational exposure pre- and post-conception and development of asthma in offspring
    Kathrine, Pape; Zock, Jan-Paul; Schlünssen, Vivi (Oxford University Press, 2021)
    Background: While direct effects of occupational exposures on an individual's respiratory health are evident, a new paradigm is emerging on the possible effects of pre-conception occupational exposure on respiratory health ...
  • Persistence of Breakage in Specific Chromosome Bands 6 Years after Acute Exposure to Oil.
    Frances, Alexandra; Hildur, Kristin; Barberà, Joan Albert; Rodríguez Trigo, Gema; Zock, Jan-Paul; Giraldo, Jesús; Monyarch, Gemma; Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Emma; De Castro Reis, Fernanda; Souto, Ana; Gómez, Federico P.; Pozo Rodríguez, Francisco; Templado, Cristina; Fuster, Carme (Public Library of Science (PLoS) , 2016)
    BACKGROUND: The identification of breakpoints involved in chromosomal damage could help to detect genes involved in genetic disorders, most notably cancer. Until now, only one published study, carried out by our group, has ...