BACKGROUND Tunnel workers are exposed to gases and particles from blasting and diesel exhausts. The aim of this study was to assess the occurrence of respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation in tunnel workers and to relate these findings to years of exposure. METHODS Two hundred and twelve tunnel workers and a reference group of 205 other heavy construction workers participated in a cross ...

Rationale and objectives. Severe asthma with fungal sensitization (SAFS) and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) are progressive allergic fungal lung diseases whose effective treatment remains to be established. Current treatment with itraconazole is associated with a 40% failure rate and adverse events (AEs). We assessed the effect of voriconazole or posaconazole as second- and thir...

At o p y, a genetically determined p redisposition to the spontaneous development of hypersensitivities to aeroallergens, is the second most common cause of allergic skin disease in the dog.1 A diagnosis can be made with a detailed history and clinical signs2 using a modification of major and minor diagnostic criteria pro p o s e d for diagnosis of human atopic dermatitis (Table 1).3 If at leas...

presented at Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 7th Spring Meeting, 2003. *Correspondence to: Dr. I.M. Balfour-Lynn, Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK. E-mail: [email protected] Received 17 June 2004; Revised 4 August 2004; Accepted 9 August 2004. DOI 10.1002/ppul.20181 Published online 27 Jan...

the present study was an attempt to investigate varieties of cloze test and c-test as measures of reading comprehension ability. it aimed at comparing the performances of subjects on different cloze and c-test forms constructed from the same passage. to this end, five versions of cloze test and two versions of c-test were developed by applying different deletion techniques and deletion rates, a...