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The Impact of Ambient Environmental and Occupational Pollution on Respiratory Diseases
Ambient pollutants and occupational pollutants may cause and exacerbate various lung and respiratory diseases. This review describes lung and respiratory diseases in relation to ambient pollutants, particularly particulate matter (PM(2.5)), and occupational air pollutants, excluding communicable dis...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8910713/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35270479 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052788 |
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description | Ambient pollutants and occupational pollutants may cause and exacerbate various lung and respiratory diseases. This review describes lung and respiratory diseases in relation to ambient pollutants, particularly particulate matter (PM(2.5)), and occupational air pollutants, excluding communicable diseases and indoor pollutants, including tobacco smoke exposure. PM(2.5) produced by combustion is an important ambient pollutant. PM(2.5) can cause asthma attacks and exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the short term. Further, it not only carries a risk of lung cancer and death, but also hinders the development of lung function in children in the long term. It has recently been suggested that air pollution, such as PM(2.5), is a risk factor for severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Asbestos, which causes asbestosis, lung cancer, and malignant mesothelioma, and crystalline silica, which cause silicosis, are well-known traditional occupational pollutants leading to pneumoconiosis. While work-related asthma (WRA) is the most common occupational lung disease in recent years, many different agents cause WRA, including natural and synthetic chemicals and irritant gases. Primary preventive interventions that increase awareness of pollutants and reduce the development and exacerbation of diseases caused by air pollutants are paramount to addressing ambient and occupational pollution. |
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spelling | pubmed-89107132022-03-11 The Impact of Ambient Environmental and Occupational Pollution on Respiratory Diseases Nishida, Chinatsu Yatera, Kazuhiro Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Ambient pollutants and occupational pollutants may cause and exacerbate various lung and respiratory diseases. This review describes lung and respiratory diseases in relation to ambient pollutants, particularly particulate matter (PM(2.5)), and occupational air pollutants, excluding communicable diseases and indoor pollutants, including tobacco smoke exposure. PM(2.5) produced by combustion is an important ambient pollutant. PM(2.5) can cause asthma attacks and exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the short term. Further, it not only carries a risk of lung cancer and death, but also hinders the development of lung function in children in the long term. It has recently been suggested that air pollution, such as PM(2.5), is a risk factor for severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Asbestos, which causes asbestosis, lung cancer, and malignant mesothelioma, and crystalline silica, which cause silicosis, are well-known traditional occupational pollutants leading to pneumoconiosis. While work-related asthma (WRA) is the most common occupational lung disease in recent years, many different agents cause WRA, including natural and synthetic chemicals and irritant gases. Primary preventive interventions that increase awareness of pollutants and reduce the development and exacerbation of diseases caused by air pollutants are paramount to addressing ambient and occupational pollution. MDPI 2022-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8910713/ /pubmed/35270479 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052788 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Nishida, Chinatsu Yatera, Kazuhiro The Impact of Ambient Environmental and Occupational Pollution on Respiratory Diseases |
title | The Impact of Ambient Environmental and Occupational Pollution on Respiratory Diseases |
title_full | The Impact of Ambient Environmental and Occupational Pollution on Respiratory Diseases |
title_fullStr | The Impact of Ambient Environmental and Occupational Pollution on Respiratory Diseases |
title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Ambient Environmental and Occupational Pollution on Respiratory Diseases |
title_short | The Impact of Ambient Environmental and Occupational Pollution on Respiratory Diseases |
title_sort | impact of ambient environmental and occupational pollution on respiratory diseases |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8910713/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35270479 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052788 |
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