Can the effects of outdoor air pollution on asthma be mitigated?

The effects of outdoor air pollution on chronic illnesses

Chronic diseases, especially cancer, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory diseases, are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In Canada alone, chronic diseases account for 87% of total disability and 89% of all deaths (1). It is estimated that half of the Canadian population live currently with a chronic illness and more than 90% of them have these three diseases (1). Chro...

Air pollution, health, and socio-economic status: the effect of outdoor air quality on childhood asthma.

This paper estimates the effect of air pollution on child hospitalizations for asthma using naturally occurring seasonal variations in pollution within zip codes. Of the pollutants considered, carbon monoxide (CO) has a significant effect on asthma for children ages 1-18: if 1998 pollution levels were at their 1992 levels, there would be a 5-14% increase in asthma admissions. Also, households r...

Can traffic-related air pollution cause asthma?

Outdoor air pollution, climatic changes and allergic bronchial asthma.

Both the prevalence and severity of respiratory allergic diseases such as bronchial asthma have increased in recent years. Among the factors implicated in this "epidemic" are indoor and outdoor airborne pollutants. Urbanisation with its high levels of vehicle emissions and Westernised lifestyle parallels the increase in respiratory allergy in most industrialised countries, and people who live i...

The carcinogenicity of outdoor air pollution.

Monograph Working Group Members J Samet (USA)–Chair; P H N Saldiva (Brazil); M Brauer, G Chen, P White (Canada); W Huang (China); L E Knudsen, P Møller, O Raaschou-Nielsen (Denmark); U Heinrich (Germany); K Balakrishnan (unable to attend; India); F Forastiere (Italy); T Yorifuji (Japan); D H Phillips, P Vineis (UK); J Chow, D M DeMarini (unable to attend), R Henderson, F Laden, D L Morgan (unab...