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Beasley RW, Clayton TO, Crane J, Lai CKW, Montefort SR, von Mutius E, Stewart AW, and the ISAAC Phase Three Study Group. Acetaminophen Use and Risk of Asthma, Rhinoconjunctivitis and Eczema in Adolescents: ISAAC Phase Three. Am J Resp Crit Care Med. 2011; 183(2): 171-178.view abstract | view editorial
Büchele G, Genuneit J, Weinmayr G, Björkstén B, Gehring U, von Mutius E, Priftanji A, Stein RT, Addo-Yobo EO, Priftis KN, Shah JR, Forastiere F, Svabe V, Crane J, Nystad W, García-Marcos L, Saraçlar Y, El-Sharif N, Strachan DP and the ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. International Variations in Bronchial Responsiveness in Children: Findings From ISAAC Phase Two. Pediatr Pulmonol 2010; 45(8): 796–806 View abstract
Nagel G, Weinmayr G, Kleiner A, Garcia-Marcos L, Strachan DP, the ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. Effect of diet on asthma and allergic sensitisation in the International Study on Allergies and Asthma in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Two. Thorax 2010; 65(6): 516-522 View abstract
Anderson HR, Ruggles R, Pandey KD, Kapetenakis V, Brunekreef B, Lai CKW, Strachan DP, Weiland SK, and the ISAAC Phase One Study Group. Ambient particulate pollution and the world-wide prevalence of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema in children: Phase One of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC). Occup Environ Med 2010; 67(5): 293-300. doi:10.1136/oem.2009.048785. epub: 9 October 2009. View Abstract
Asher MI, Stewart AW, Mallol J, Montefort M, Lai CKW, Aït-Khaled N, Odhiambo J, and the ISAAC Phase One Study Group. Which population level environmental factors are associated with asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema? A review of the ecological analyses of ISAAC Phase One. Respiratory Research. 2010; 11(8): View Abstract
Weinmayr G, Genuneit J, Nagel G, Björkstén B, van Hage M, Priftanji A, Cooper P, Rijkjärv M-A, von Mutius E, Tsanakas J, Forastiere F, Doekes G, Garrido JB, Morales Suárez-Varela MM, Bråbäck L, Strachan DP, the ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. International variations in associations of allergic markers and diseases in children: ISAAC Phase Two. Allergy 2010; 65(6): 766–775. epub 21 Dec 2009. DOI:10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02283.x View Abstract
The November 2011 newsletter is now available on the website. view
ISAAC has collaborated with The Union to produce the Global Asthma Report 2011.This report shows the tools to manage asthma exist but are not reaching many of the 235 million people affected. The Global Asthma Report 2011 highlights the issues surrounding this major non-communicable disease.
Designed for stakeholders from government ministers and policy-makers to health
workers and people with asthma, the Global Asthma Report 2011 is a richly
illustrated "atlas" that provides an overview of what is known about the causes and
triggers of the disease, the global prevalence, the progress being made and the
significant challenges today and for the future.
Download report | View website | Download press release
Kings College London has issued a press release announcing the latest ISAAC Phase Two paper by Dr Carsten Flohr, which was accepted by the British Journal of Dermatology and released on their website in an early view format. The release was picked up by a number of news agencies. The paper shows that prolonged breast feeding may not be protective against eczema and other allergies as once thought.
Lack of evidence for a protective effect of prolonged breastfeeding on childhood eczema: lessons from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Two C. Flohr, G. Nagel, G. Weinmayr, A. Kleiner, D.P. Strachan, H.C. Williams and the ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. Br J Dermatol 2011; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10588.x
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Global analysis of breast feeding and risk of symptoms of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema in 6—7 year old children: ISAAC Phase Three. Bengt Björkstén, Nadia Aït-Khaled, M Innes Asher, Tadd Clayton, Colin Robertson and the ISAAC Phase Three Study Group. Allergol Immunopathol (Madr); 2011. doi:10.1016/j.aller.2011.02.005 (e-pub) View abstract
The ISAAC Steering Committee is proud to announce that the ISAAC Story, a 20 year history of ISAAC, is now available on the website. This fascinating account contains details from the how ISAAC was first conceived through to the findings of the very latest papers. Recollections of founding members, full descriptions of all aspects of the methodology and tools, all publications graphs and maps are available as well as pages for each of the 9 regions, 105 countries and 306 centres containing centre information, collaborators and personal recollections of the investigators.
View the ISAAC Story
The embargo on the ISAAC Phase One individual level data has now expired and the Phase One individual level data is publicly available on the ISAAC website (http://isaac.auckland.ac.nz/phases/phaseone/results/resultsIndv.php). Not all centres are available yet, as we are still in the process of requesting permission from the Principal Investigators. More centres will continue to become available as we receive responses to our request.
The ISAAC Phase One and Three summary data which has already been published in ISAAC worldwide papers is now available for all 237 Phase Three centres at http://isaac.auckland.ac.nz/phases/phasethree/results/results.php and for all 156 Phase One Centres at (http://isaac.auckland.ac.nz/phases/phaseone/results/results.php).
Professor Innes Asher, chair of ISAAC, was invited to contribute an editorial in The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease(IJTLD), the official journal of The International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), as part of World Asthma Day. In this editorial, Professor Asher reflects on 20 years of ISAAC and how ISAAC findings have affected the way the world views asthma.
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Professor Innes Asher shared the highlights of the ISAAC work and recent Symposium at this public lecture hosted by the Auckland Medical Research Foundation (AMRF). In this lecture Professor Asher highlighted the changes
in thinking about asthma and allergies over the last 20 years.
download notes | view presentation | View AMRF article
The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Steering Committee with The University of Auckland and Massey University hosted this international symposium on asthma, eczema, rhinitis and the environment 20 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the ISAAC study. Members of the ISAAC steering committee gave illuminating talks on recent research and findings in these fields.
Selected speakers presentations are now available to download on the website. view
The latest Phase Three paper describes the impact that method of consent had on the ISAAC Phase Three Time Trends study. This paper also attracted editorial comment in this issue of the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. View Editorial
Ellwood P, Asher MI, Stewart AW and the ISAAC Phase III Study Group. The impact of the method of consent on response rates in the ISAAC time trends study. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2010 Aug;14(8):1059-65.View abstract
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