Environmental Pollution and Asthma

Authors

  • Miguel Croce Servicio de Alergia e Inmunología, Hospital das Clinicas; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil
  • Eliude Costa Manso Facultad de Medicina de Itajuba, Minas Gerais, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v58i2.4703

Keywords:

Enviromental Exposure, Pollution, Enviromental Health, Asthma

Abstract

Between 10,000 and 20,000 liters of air are movilized by human beings everyday. This procces is altered by pollution, and are associated with a greater incidence of rhinoconjunctivitis, asthma and bronchitis. We review the main pollution sources in the domestic environment, both biological and unbiological; as wen its pathogenic mechanism's and the engagement between ponution amid respiratory diseases, mainly asthma. Finany, we show the proposed mechanisms involved with this association.

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Published

1997-06-16

Issue

Vol. 58 No. 2 (1997)

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Copyright (c) 1997 Miguel Croce, Eliude Costa Manso

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Croce M, Costa Manso E. Environmental Pollution and Asthma. An Fac med [Internet]. 1997 Jun. 16 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];58(2):128-35. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/4703