TY  - CHAP
AU  - Marcos Abdo Arbex
AU  - Silvia Leticia Santiago
AU  - Elisangela Providello Moyses
AU  - Luiz Alberto Pereira
AU  - Paulo Hilário Saldiva
AU  - Alfésio Luís Ferreira Braga
ED  - Anca Maria Moldoveanu
Y1  - 2011-08-29
PY  - 2011
T1  - Impact of Urban Air Pollution on Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
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. 12
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/17085
DO  - 10.5772/17085
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-26
ER  -