The need for clean air: The way air pollution and climate change affect allergic rhinitis and asthma

• Published in: Allergy (Copenhagen) Vol. 75; no. 9; pp. 2170 - 2184
• Main Authors: Eguiluz‐Gracia, Ibon, Mathioudakis, Alexander G., Bartel, Sabine, Vijverberg, Susanne J. H., Fuertes, Elaine, Comberiati, Pasquale, Cai, Yutong Samuel, Tomazic, Peter Valentin, Diamant, Zuzana, Vestbo, Jørgen, Galan, Carmen, Hoffmann, Barbara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Air Pollutants - adverse effects; Air pollution; Air Pollution - adverse effects; Air Pollution, Indoor - adverse effects; Allergenicity; Allergens; Allergic rhinitis; Allergies; Arbetsmedicin och miljömedicin; Asthma; Asthma - epidemiology; Asthma - etiology; Child; Climate Change; Clinical Medicine; Complications; environment; Environmental Health and Occupational Health; Global warming; Health Sciences; Humans; Hälsovetenskap; Klinisk medicin; Lungmedicin och allergi; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Pets; Pollutants; pollution; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory Medicine and Allergy; Rhinitis, Allergic - epidemiology; Rhinitis, Allergic - etiology; Tobacco; environment; asthma; allergic rhinitis; pollution; climate change

Air pollution and climate change have a significant impact on human health and well‐being and contribute to the onset and aggravation of allergic rhinitis and asthma among other chronic respiratory diseases. In Westernized countries, households have experienced a process of increasing insulation and...