Across
- 2. Responsible for 90% of COPD cases
- 4. The long-term exposure to this indoor air contaminant increases asthma risk
- 6. Factor that is strongly correlated with higher rates of smoking, asthma exacerbations, and COPD admissions
- 7. The proportion of a particular population found to be affected by a disease at a specific time
- 9. The hypothesis that suggests a reduction in microbial diversity is responsible for a rise in autoimmune diseases and allergies
Down
- 1. The time-related measure of disease occurrence, expressed as cases per population per unit of time
- 3. A respiratory disease that is strongly linked to workplace exposure to dust and chemicals.
- 5. Particularly harmful to children due to immature metabolic pathways
- 8. This hypothesis posits that early exposure to viral and bacterial pathogens helps train the immune system