Environmental Pollution and Asthma

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 unbio...

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Autores: Croce, Miguel, Costa Manso, Eliude
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1997
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/4703
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/4703
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Enviromental Exposure
Pollution
Enviromental Health
Asthma
Exposición Ambiental
Polución
Salud Ambiental
Asma
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Sumario: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.