TY - T1 - Smoking, environmental tobacco smoke and occupational irritants increase the risk of chronic rhinitis SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/234459 T3 - A1 - Hisinger-Mölkänen, Hanna; Piirilä, Päivi; Haahtela, Tari; Sovijärvi, Anssi; Pallasaho, Paula A2 - PB - Y1 - 2018 LA - eng AB - Background: Allergic and non-allergic rhinitis cause a lot of symptoms in everyday life. To decrease the burden more information of the preventable risk factors is needed. We assessed prevalence and risk factors for chronic nasal symptoms, exploring the effects of smoking, environmental tobacco smoke, exposure to occupational irritants, and their combinations. Methods: In 2016, a postal survey was conducted among a random population sample of 8000 adults in Helsinki, Finland with a 50.5% respons... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Allergic rhinitis; Environmental tobacco smoke; Occupational exposure; Rhinitis; Smoking; REPORTED ALLERGIC RHINITIS; CHRONIC NASAL SYMPTOMS; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS; CIGARETTE-SMOKING; SECONDHAND SMOKE; ASTHMA; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN; EXPOSURE; 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine N1 - PP - ER -