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Acute effects of air pollution on pediatric asthma exacerbation: evidence of association and effect modification.

• Evangelia Samoli, Panagiotis T. Nastos, Athanasios Paliatsos, Klea Katsouyanni, Kostas N. Priftis
• Environmental research
• 2011

We investigated the short-term effects of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter <10 μg/m(3) (PM(10)), sulfur dioxide (SO(2)), nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)) and ozone (O(3)) on pediatric asthma… (More)

Regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.

• Anastasios Papadimitriou, Kostas N. Priftis
• Neuroimmunomodulation
• 2009

Glucocorticoids (GCs) are essential for the maintenance of homeostasis and enable the organism to prepare for, respond to and manage stress, either physical or emotional. Cortisol, the principal GC… (More)

Predictors of Childhood Exposure to Parental Secondhand Smoke in the House and Family Car

• Vassiliki Mantziou, Constantine Ilias Vardavas, Eleni Kletsiou, Kostas N. Priftis
• International journal of environmental research…
• 2009

Childhood exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is a serious threat to public health and can be influenced by parental lifestyle habits and beliefs. Taking the above into account we aimed at locating… (More)

Pulse oximetry in pediatric practice.

• Sotirios Fouzas, Kostas N. Priftis, Michael B. Anthracopoulos
• Pediatrics
• 2011

The introduction of pulse oximetry in clinical practice has allowed for simple, noninvasive, and reasonably accurate estimation of arterial oxygen saturation. Pulse oximetry is routinely used in the… (More)

Antioxidant foods consumption and childhood asthma and other allergic diseases: The Greek cohorts of the ISAAC II survey.

• Anastasia Papadopoulou, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, +6 authors Kostas N. Priftis
• Allergologia et immunopathologia
• 2015

BACKGROUND Antioxidant intake changes have been implicated with the increase in asthma and allergies outcomes, but no clear association has been revealed. In this cross sectional study, the overall… (More)

Adherence to the Mediterranean type of diet is associated with lower prevalence of asthma symptoms, among 10-12 years old children: the PANACEA study.

• Fotini Arvaniti, Kostas N. Priftis, +5 authors Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos
• Pediatric allergy and immunology : official…
• 2011

Epidemiological studies have shown several associations between asthma symptoms and dietary factors. The aim of this work was to evaluate the relationship between adherence to the Mediterranean diet… (More)

The mediating effect of parents’ educational status on the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and childhood obesity: the PANACEA study

• George Antonogeorgos, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, +4 authors Kostas N. Priftis
• International Journal of Public Health
• 2012

To investigate the potential mediating effect of parental education on the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and obesity, in 10–12 years old children. A cross-sectional survey… (More)

Determinants of quality of life in children with asthma.

• Konstantinos Th Petsios, Kostas N. Priftis, Elpis Hatziagorou, John N Tsanakas, George Antonogeorgos, Vasiliki N Matziou
• Pediatric pulmonology
• 2013

BACKGROUND HRQoL in children with asthma depends on multiple factors, among which asthma severity and level of control are believed to play a vital role. The determinants of the connection between… (More)

Different effects of sensitization to mites and pollens on asthma symptoms and spirometric indices in children: a population-based cohort study.

• Michael B. Anthracopoulos, Eva C Mantzouranis, +4 authors Kostas N. Priftis
• Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official…
• 2007

BACKGROUND We have previously shown that long-term exposure of children to a highly polluted urban compared with a rural environment is associated with subclinical airway narrowing and increased… (More)

Investigating the associations between Mediterranean diet, physical activity and living environment with childhood asthma using path analysis.

• George Alphantonogeorgos, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, +6 authors Kostas N. Priftis
• Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug…
• 2014

OBJECTIVE To investigate the role of the Mediterranean diet and physical activity with relation to living environment and childhood asthma. METHODS 1125 children (529 boys), 10 to 12 years old were… (More)

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