Background—Several countries in the world have not yet prohibited smoking in public
places. Few studies have been conducted on the effects of smoking bans on cardiac health …

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relation between traffic indicators in the area of residence
and the occurrence of chronic respiratory disorders in children. METHODS: A population …

Background To address the need for personalized prevention, we conducted a subject‐level
meta‐analysis within the framework of the Heart “OMics” in AGEing (HOMAGE) study to …

Background: Daily air pollution is associated with increased hospital admissions for
cardiovascular diseases, but there are few observations on the link with acute myocardial …

Objective. Our objective was to investigate the occurrence of snoring in a general population
sample of children and to evaluate the association with anthropometric data and clinical …

Objective. In countries with universal health coverage, socioeconomic status is not expected
to influence access to effective treatment and its prognosis. We tested whether …

Aims We conducted a population‐based cross‐sectional study to assess the prevalence of
both preclinical and clinical heart failure (HF) in the elderly. Methods and results A sample of …

The few cohort studies that have investigated the association between exposure to air
pollution and occurrence of diabetes have reported conflicting results. We aimed to evaluate …

Background and Purpose—Low socioeconomic position (SEP) is associated with high
overall stroke mortality, but its contribution to stroke prognosis is unclear. We evaluated …

Background A relationship between quality of primary health care and preventable
hospitalizations has been described in the US, especially among the elderly. In Europe …