TY - CHAP AU - Hermano Albuquerque De Castro AU - Sandra De Souza Hacon AU - Karen Dos Santos Gonçalves AU - Washington Leite Junger ED - Anca Maria Moldoveanu Y1 - 2011-08-29 PY - 2011 T1 - Air Pollution and Outpatient Treatment and Hospital Admissions for Respiratory Diseases in Children in Southeast Region of Brazil N2 - The book describes the effects of air pollutants, from the indoor and outdoor spaces, on the human physiology. Air pollutants can influence inflammation biomarkers, can influence the pathogenesis of chronic cough, can influence reactive oxygen species (ROS) and can induce autonomic nervous system interactions that modulate cardiac oxidative stress and cardiac electrophysiological changes, can participate in the onset and exacerbation of upper respiratory and cardio-vascular diseases, can lead to the exacerbation of asthma and allergic diseases. The book also presents how the urban environment can influence and modify the impact of various pollutants on human health. BT - Advanced Topics in Environmental Health and Air Pollution Case Studies SP - Ch. 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/23656 DO - 10.5772/23656 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -