Climate change, air pollution and extreme events leading to increasing prevalence of allergic respiratory diseases

The prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases has increased dramatically during the past few decades not only in industrialized countries. Urban air pollution from motor vehicles has been indicated as one of the major risk factors responsible for this increase.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: D’Amato, Gennaro, Baena-Cagnani, Carlos E, Cecchi, Lorenzo, Annesi-Maesano, Isabella, Nunes, Carlos, Ansotegui, Ignacio, D’Amato, Maria, Liccardi, Gennaro, Sofia, Matteo, Canonica, Walter G
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598823/