Indoor air contaminants and their impact on respiratory pathologies.

نویسندگان

  • Luis Carazo Fernández
  • Ramón Fernández Alvarez
  • Francisco Javier González-Barcala
  • José Antonio Rodríguez Portal
چکیده

Humans spend a considerable amount of their time breathing air inside enclosed spaces in which, due to various sources, there may be contaminants that deteriorate the air quality. This is an important risk factor for the health of the general population. This review evaluates the contaminants that are present in the air of indoor air spaces, describing the sources that generate them as well as the physiopathological mechanisms and the diseases that they may cause in the respiratory system.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archivos de bronconeumologia

دوره 49 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013