期刊
JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
卷 129, 期 1, 页码 42-47出版社
MOSBY-ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.11.031
关键词
Air pollution; allergy; Asia; asthma; epidemiology
资金
- Research Grants Council [469908, 470909, 477110]
- Hong Kong Government
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
The prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases has been found to be increasingly rapidly, especially in developing countries. Environmental factors have been found to be important contributors to the manifestations of allergic diseases. Air pollution has been extensively studied in different regions of the world. The levels of ambient air pollutants in many Asian countries are very high when compared with those in developed Western countries. However, the prevalence of asthma was relatively low across many Asian countries. Many studies have clearly documented that environmental air pollution is an important factor resulting in exacerbations of asthma. In particular, levels of traffic-related pollutants are increasing rapidly across many Asian countries in parallel with the level of urbanization and economic development. The loss of protective factors associated with a rural environment will further contribute to the adverse effect on patients with allergic diseases such as asthma. In this review the roles of air pollution were examined in relation to the inception and exacerbations of allergic diseases in Asia. (J Allergy Clin Immunol 2012; 129: 42-7.)
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