Publications by authors named "Pierre Lemire"

Objective: To evaluate the associations between the evolution of household use of cleaning products with the asthma symptom score and its evolution over 8 years.

Methods: Our study is based on 509 women participating in the last two surveys of the Epidemiological study on the Genetics and Environment of Asthma (EGEA) study (EGEA2: 2003-2007 (44 years, 19% current smokers) and EGEA3: 2011-2013). We assessed an asthma symptom score and the use of household cleaning products through standardised questionnaires.

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Objective: Considering household disinfectants and cleaning products (HDCP) as mixture of ingredients, rather than each ingredient individually, might help in characterizing their role in asthma. We investigated the association between HDCP and asthma, using the recently developed Ménag'Score, a health risk assessment score based on exhaustive ingredient lists of HDCP.

Methods: The study is based on 103 female volunteers of the SEPAGES cohort (2014-2019), with repeated data (up to 3 collection times, 200 observations).

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Household disinfectant and cleaning products (HDCPs) assessment is challenging in epidemiological research. We hypothesized that a newly-developed smartphone application was more objective than questionnaires in assessing HDCPs. Therefore, we aimed to compare both methods, in terms of exposure assessments and respiratory health effects estimates.

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Background: The exposure of house occupants to indoor air pollutants has increased in recent decades. Among microbiological contaminants, bacterial and fungal aerosols remain poorly studied and the debate on the impact of these aerosols on respiratory health is still open. This study aimed to assess the diversity of indoor microbial communities in relationship with the health of occupants.

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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 irritant cleaning agents. This study aims to investigate associations between weekly use of irritant domestic cleaning products and current allergic and non-allergic asthma in a large cohort of elderly women.

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