BTEX exposure and its body burden pose differential risks for asthma and its phenotypic clusters

Yuan Ting Hsu, Chao Chien Wu, Chin Chou Wang, Wen Yu Chung, Chau Chyun Sheu, Yi Hsin Yang, Ming Yen Cheng, Ruay Sheng Lai, Sum Yee Leung, Chi Cheng Lin, Yu Feng Wei, Ching Hsiung Lin, Sheng Hao Lin, Jeng Yuan Hsu, Wei Chang Huang, Chia Cheng Tseng, Yung Fa Lai, Meng Hsuan Cheng, Huang Chi Chen, Chih Jen YangChian Heng Su, Chien Jen Wang, Shih Chang Hsu, Chih Hsing Hung, Chon Lin Lee, Ming Shyan Huang, Shau Ku Huang

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Abstract

To the Editor
In a combined population-based and case–control study, exposure to benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX), particularly benzene, concomitant with increased oxidative stress and sphingolipid dysregulation, posed a significant, but differential, risk for current asthma, its severity, and phenotypic clusters.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2036-2040
Number of pages5
JournalAllergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume78
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology

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