Jeroen Douwes

Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University-Wellington Campus, New Zealand

Jeroen Douwes is Associate Director of the Centre for Public Health Research at Massey University in Wellington. The Centre for Public Health Research covers all aspects of public health research, but with a focus on non-communicable diseases (respiratory disease, cancer, and diabetes), occupational and environmental health, socio-economic determinants of health, Maori health and Pacific health research.

Professor Douwes' research program focuses on causation, mechanisms and prevention of asthma. In particular, it involves studies in children and adults focusing on protective and risk factors associated with the development of allergies and asthma, and the role of non-allergic airway inflammation in asthma.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Respiratory Disorders > Environmental & Occupational Lung Diseases (since 14 November 2005)

Links

http://publichealth.massey.ac.nz/

All recent recommendations

• 3.0
  Atopic sensitization and the international variation of asthma symptom prevalence in children.
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• 3.0
  The protective effect of rural living against atopy in Mongolia.
  Recommended by Jeroen Douwes
  
• 6.0
  Prenatal farm exposure is related to the expression of receptors of the innate immunity and to atopic sensitization in school-age children.
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• 3.0
  Short-term respiratory effects of cleaning exposures in female domestic cleaners.
  Recommended by Jeroen Douwes