Objectives: Adverse effects have been reported of prenatal and/or postnatal passive
exposure to smoking on children's health. Uncertainties remain about the relative …

The recent expansion of Nicotine Replacement Therapy to pregnant women and children
ignores the fact that nicotine impairs, disrupts, duplicates and/or interacts with essential …

The authors examined cancer mortality in a historical cohort study of 21,863 male and
female workers in 36 cohorts exposed to phenoxy herbicides, chlorophenols, and dioxins in …

Rationale: Both prenatal and postnatal passive smoking have been linked with respiratory
symptoms and asthma in childhood. Their differential contributions to lung function growth in …

The authors studied noncancer mortality among phenoxyacid herbicide and chlorophenol
production workers and sprayers included in an international study comprising 36 cohorts …

AUPHEP was started in 1999 as a 5 years program to investigate the situation of the
atmospheric aerosol with respect to effects on human health. At four different sites in Austria …

To examine hypotheses regarding health effects of particulate matter, we conducted time
series studies in Austrian urban and rural areas. Of the pollutants measured, ambient PM2. 5 …

We examined the effect of exposure to chemicals present in the production and spraying of
phenoxy herbicides or chloro-phenols in two nested case-control studies of soft tissue …

Recently new European policies on ambient air quality—namely, the adoption of new
standards for fine particulate matter (PM2. 5), have generated a broad debate about …

Studies of the impact of long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution on the prevalence of
respiratory symptoms and lung function in children have yielded mixed results, partly related …