Effects of climatic changes and urban air pollution on the rising trends of respiratory allergy and asthma

• Published in: Multidisciplinary respiratory medicine Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 28 - 37
• Main Author: D'Amato, Gennaro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Italy BioMed Central Ltd 28.02.2011; BioMed Central; Mattioli 1885
• Subjects: Air pollution; airway hyperreactivity; Asthma; bronchial asthma; Climatic changes; Environmental aspects; Forecasts and trends; Health aspects; pollen allergy; respiratory allergy; Respiratory tract diseases; Review; Risk factors; thunderstorm-associated asthma; urban air pollution

Over the past two decades there has been increasing interest in studies regarding effects on human health of climate changes and urban air pollution. Climate change induced by anthropogenic warming of the earth's atmosphere is a daunting problem and there are several observations about the role...