The exposome concept: how has it changed our understanding of environmental causes of chronic respiratory diseases?

Abstract

Tweetable abstract The exposome approach can help us better understand multifactorial respiratory diseases through multidisciplinary collaboration, harmonised resources and use of sophisticated methods addressing combined exposures and longitudinal data. https://bit.ly/3Ng9MNn

Climate change, the environment and respiratory disease

“…Our early career member (ECM) content in this issue is reflective of the broader issue theme, with both our Journal club [ 6 ] and Landmark papers [ 7 ] series focused on the exposome, a phrase coined by Christopher Wild to describe environmental exposures from the pre-natal period onwards and their interaction with the genome [ 8 ], and how it can be used as a concept in the care of respiratory patients. Early career readers should also find our ECM forum piece of interest, and in particular its discussion of the evolving ERS NEXT programme, which aims to foster leadership and networking within the ERS ECM community [ 9 ].…”