Publications by authors named "Jose A Maldonado-Perez"
Background: While the adverse effects of short-term ambient ozone exposure on lung function are well-documented, the impact of long-term exposure remains poorly understood, especially in adults.
Methods: We aimed to investigate the association between long-term ozone exposure and lung function decline. The 3014 participants were drawn from 17 centers across eight countries, all of which were from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS).
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- The study examines the link between residential greenspace and lung function decline over 20 years in 5,559 adults across 11 countries, revealing conflicting prior research results.
- It measured lung function at three different ages and assessed greenspace using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), considering various green space types around residential areas.
- The findings indicated that increased greenspace, particularly within 500 meters, correlates with a faster decline in lung function, especially in females and individuals in low air pollution areas, challenging the assumption that more greenspace equals better lung health.
Asthma in women can deteriorate in specific phases during the menstrual cycle. Deterioration in the premenstrual phase (increase in symptoms or deterioration in peak flow measurements) is known as premenstrual asthma. The etiology remains mostly unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Few studies have evaluated the incidence of asthma in Spain. Although more children than adults develop asthma every year, no study to date has analyzed the differences in incidence by following 2 age cohorts in the same geographical area. The aim of this study was to determine changes in wheezing, bronchial hyperreactivity, and asthma (in terms of onset, persistence, and remission), changes in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)), and asthma incidence in children (11-16 years) and young adults (20-44 years) in the city of Huelva, Spain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In our area, inhaling heroin mixed with cocaine vaporized on aluminum foil, known as rebujo, is becoming more and more common.
Aim: To define the prevalence and the characteristics of bronchial disease (wheezing, bronchial hyperreactivity [BHR], and asthma) present in subjects inhaling heroin mixed with cocaine vaporized on aluminum foil.
Materials And Methods: Ninety-one subjects who inhaled the drug mixture were included in the study: 62 subjects were from a drug rehabilitation center (INH-I group), and 29 subjects were among patients admitted to our hospital for a variety of reasons (INH-II group).