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Overview

A. Sonia Buist is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and environmental science, with a focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine as well as health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The research topics explored by A. Sonia Buist include:

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Occupational exposure and asthma
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases

They have published extensively in areas related to respiratory health. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Annals of the American Thoracic Society
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Respiratory Research
  • International Journal of Epidemiology

A. Sonia Buist has collaborated frequently with notable co-authors such as Michael Studnicka, Peter Burney, André F.S. Amaral, Hamid Hacene Cherkaski, and David M. Mannino.

Some of their recent published papers are:

  • Prevalence and Population-Attributable Risk for Chronic Airflow Obstruction in a Large Multinational Study, 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Cumulative Occupational Exposures and Lung-Function Decline in Two Large General-Population Cohorts, 2020, Annals of the American Thoracic Society
  • The global burden of COPD: epidemiology and effect of prevention strategies, 2025, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • The association of spirometric small airways obstruction with respiratory symptoms, cardiometabolic diseases, and quality of life: results from the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study, 2023, Respiratory Research
  • Cohort Profile: Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study, 2023, International Journal of Epidemiology

Their body of work addresses key aspects of respiratory diseases including epidemiological factors, occupational exposures, and population-level health impacts. The studies contribute data on chronic airflow obstruction, lung-function decline, and associations between respiratory symptoms and small airway obstruction.

Best Publications

  • Standards for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with COPD: a summary of the ATS/ERS position paper

    B. R. Celli;W. MacNee;A. Agusti;Antonio R Anzueto

  • International variation in the prevalence of COPD (The BOLD Study): a population-based prevalence study

    A Sonia Buist;Mary Ann McBurnie;William M. Vollmer;Suzanne Gillespie

  • Global burden of COPD: risk factors, prevalence, and future trends.

    David M Mannino;A Sonia Buist

  • Effects of Smoking Intervention and the Use of an Inhaled Anticholinergic Bronchodilator on the Rate of Decline of FEV1: The Lung Health Study

    Nicholas R. Anthonisen;John E. Connett;James P. Kiley;Murray D Altose

  • Global burden of COPD: systematic review and meta-analysis

    R.J. Halbert;J.L. Natoli;J.L. Natoli;Anacleto Gano;E. Badamgarav

  • The Use of β-Agonists and the Risk of Death and near Death from Asthma

    W O Spitzer;S Suissa;P Ernst;R I Horwitz

  • Epidemiology and costs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

    K R Chapman;D M Mannino;J B Soriano;P A Vermeire

  • Smoking cessation and lung function in mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The Lung Health Study.

    Paul D. Scanlon;John E. Connett;Lance A. Waller;Murray D. Altose

  • Validation of a Standardized Version of the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire

    Elizabeth F. Juniper;A. Sonia Buist;Fred M. Cox;Penelope J. Ferrie

  • The natural history of chronic airflow obstruction revisited: an analysis of the Framingham offspring cohort.

    Robab Kohansal;Pablo Martinez-Camblor;Alvar Agustí;A. Sonia Buist

  • The Lung Health Study. Baseline characteristics of randomized participants.

    A. S. Buist;J. E. Connett

  • Lung function and mortality in the United States: data from the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey follow up study

    David M. Mannino;A. S. Buist;T. L. Petty;P. L. Enright

  • Shared Treatment Decision Making Improves Adherence and Outcomes in Poorly Controlled Asthma

    Sandra R. Wilson;Peg Strub;A. Sonia Buist;Sarah B. Knowles

  • Office spirometry for lung health assessment in adults: A consensus statement from the National Lung Health Education Program.

    Gary T. Ferguson;Paul L. Enright;A. Sonia Buist;Millicent W. Higgins

  • Risk of over-diagnosis of COPD in asymptomatic elderly never-smokers

    J A Hardie;A S Buist;W M Vollmer;I Ellingsen

  • Survival and FEV1 decline in individuals with severe deficiency of α1-antitrypsin

    C. E. Vreim;M. Wu;R. G. Crystal;A. S. Buist

  • A cohort analysis of excess mortality in asthma and the use of inhaled beta-agonists.

    S Suissa;P Ernst;J F Boivin;R I Horwitz

  • In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a combination of ipratropium and albuterol is more effective than either agent alone: An 85-day multicenter trial

    R. Bone;M. Boyars;S. R. Braun;A. S. Buist

  • Global Initiative on Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) classification of lung disease and mortality: findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.

    David M. Mannino;David M. Mannino;Dennis E. Doherty;Dennis E. Doherty;A. Sonia Buist

  • Effects of Smoking Intervention and the Use of an Inhaled Anticholinergic Bronchodilator on the Rate of Decline of FEV1. The Lung Health Study

    N. R. Anthoisen;J. E. Connett;J. P. Kiley;M. D. Altose

Frequent Co-Authors

William M. Vollmer
William M. Vollmer Kaiser Permanente
Peter Burney
Peter Burney Imperial College London
Thorarinn Gislason
Thorarinn Gislason University of Iceland
Christer Janson
Christer Janson Uppsala University
David M. Mannino
David M. Mannino University of Kentucky
Guy B. Marks
Guy B. Marks University of New South Wales
Eric D. Bateman
Eric D. Bateman University of Cape Town
John E. Connett
John E. Connett University of Minnesota
Amund Gulsvik
Amund Gulsvik University of Bergen
Paul L. Enright
Paul L. Enright University of Arizona

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