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Impact of air quality guidelines on COPD sufferers
BACKGROUND: COPD is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in both high- and low-income countries and a major public health burden worldwide. While cigarette smoking remains the main cause of COPD, outdoor and indoor air pollution are important risk factors to its etiology. Although st...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4846081/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27143874 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S49378 |
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author | Liu, Youcheng Yan, Shuang Poh, Karen Liu, Suyang Iyioriobhe, Emanehi Sterling, David A |
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description | BACKGROUND: COPD is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in both high- and low-income countries and a major public health burden worldwide. While cigarette smoking remains the main cause of COPD, outdoor and indoor air pollution are important risk factors to its etiology. Although studies over the last 30 years helped reduce the values, it is not very clear if the current air quality guidelines are adequately protective for COPD sufferers. OBJECTIVE: This systematic review was to summarize the up-to-date literature on the impact of air pollution on the COPD sufferers. METHODS: PubMed and Google Scholar were utilized to search for articles related to our study’s focus. Search terms included “COPD exacerbation”, “air pollution”, “air quality guidelines”, “air quality standards”, “COPD morbidity and mortality”, “chronic bronchitis”, and “air pollution control” separately and in combination. We focused on articles from 1990 to 2015. We also used articles prior to 1990 if they contained relevant information. We focused on articles written in English or with an English abstract. We also used the articles in the reference lists of the identified articles. RESULTS: Both short-term and long-term exposures to outdoor air pollution around the world are associated with the mortality and morbidity of COPD sufferers even at levels below the current air quality guidelines. Biomass cooking in low-income countries was clearly associated with COPD morbidity in adult nonsmoking females. CONCLUSION: There is a need to continue to improve the air quality guidelines. A range of intervention measures could be selected at different levels based on countries’ socioeconomic conditions to reduce the air pollution exposure and COPD burden. |
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spelling | pubmed-48460812016-05-03 Impact of air quality guidelines on COPD sufferers Liu, Youcheng Yan, Shuang Poh, Karen Liu, Suyang Iyioriobhe, Emanehi Sterling, David A Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis Review BACKGROUND: COPD is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in both high- and low-income countries and a major public health burden worldwide. While cigarette smoking remains the main cause of COPD, outdoor and indoor air pollution are important risk factors to its etiology. Although studies over the last 30 years helped reduce the values, it is not very clear if the current air quality guidelines are adequately protective for COPD sufferers. OBJECTIVE: This systematic review was to summarize the up-to-date literature on the impact of air pollution on the COPD sufferers. METHODS: PubMed and Google Scholar were utilized to search for articles related to our study’s focus. Search terms included “COPD exacerbation”, “air pollution”, “air quality guidelines”, “air quality standards”, “COPD morbidity and mortality”, “chronic bronchitis”, and “air pollution control” separately and in combination. We focused on articles from 1990 to 2015. We also used articles prior to 1990 if they contained relevant information. We focused on articles written in English or with an English abstract. We also used the articles in the reference lists of the identified articles. RESULTS: Both short-term and long-term exposures to outdoor air pollution around the world are associated with the mortality and morbidity of COPD sufferers even at levels below the current air quality guidelines. Biomass cooking in low-income countries was clearly associated with COPD morbidity in adult nonsmoking females. CONCLUSION: There is a need to continue to improve the air quality guidelines. A range of intervention measures could be selected at different levels based on countries’ socioeconomic conditions to reduce the air pollution exposure and COPD burden. Dove Medical Press 2016-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4846081/ /pubmed/27143874 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S49378 Text en © 2016 Liu et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Review Liu, Youcheng Yan, Shuang Poh, Karen Liu, Suyang Iyioriobhe, Emanehi Sterling, David A Impact of air quality guidelines on COPD sufferers |
title | Impact of air quality guidelines on COPD sufferers |
title_full | Impact of air quality guidelines on COPD sufferers |
title_fullStr | Impact of air quality guidelines on COPD sufferers |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of air quality guidelines on COPD sufferers |
title_short | Impact of air quality guidelines on COPD sufferers |
title_sort | impact of air quality guidelines on copd sufferers |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4846081/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27143874 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S49378 |
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