Abstract
This review article highlights air pollution as a critical global health concern with emphasis on its effects and role in the development and exacerbation of upper airway and lower airway disease with a focus on allergic rhinitis and asthma. This review underscores the World Health Organization's recognition of air pollution as the biggest environmental threat to human health. It discusses the various components and categories of air pollutants and the evidence-based effects they have on asthma and allergic rhinitis, ranging from pathogenesis to exacerbation of these conditions across various age groups in different geographic locations.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 293-307 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | Nov 18 2023 |
DOIs | |
State | E-pub ahead of print - Nov 18 2023 |
Keywords
- Air pollution
- Air quality
- Airway inflammation
- Allergic rhinitis
- Asthma
- Exacerbation
- Inflammation
- TRAP
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Otorhinolaryngology