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Urban vs. Rural Factors That Affect Adult Asthma
People in modern societies spend the vast majority of their time in indoor environments, including homes, workplaces, schools, and public spaces. Hence, indoor environmental quality has a significant impact on public health and well-being. Exposure or sensitization to indoor pollutants, including cigarette smoke (Hersoug et al. 2010), air pollution (Trupin et al. 2010), and allergens (Dottorini et al. 2007), is an important risk factor for asthma morbidity. Asthma, a common chronic respiratory disease, has been a growing international issue because its prevalence has been expanding in adults and children. The burden of this disease on governmental healthcare systems, patients and their families is increasing worldwide. It is estimated that there are approximately 300 million asthma patients worldwide and that 15 million disability-adjusted life years are lost annually by those afflicted with asthma (Fukutomi et al. 2010). Asthma usually arises from an interaction between host and environmental factors. A rapid increase in asthma in recent years cannot be ascribed to changes in genetic factors, but rather, to changes in environmental factors. In addition to increased indoor air contaminant exposures, several social factors that may contribute to developing asthma morbidity have been studied; among factors that have been given widespread attention are geographical variations, socioeconomic status (SES), and ethnicity.
Urban vs. Rural Factors That Affect Adult Asthma
People in modern societies spend the vast majority of their time in indoor environments, including homes, workplaces, schools, and public spaces. Hence, indoor environmental quality has a significant impact on public health and well-being. Exposure or sensitization to indoor pollutants, including cigarette smoke (Hersoug et al. 2010), air pollution (Trupin et al. 2010), and allergens (Dottorini et al. 2007), is an important risk factor for asthma morbidity. Asthma, a common chronic respiratory disease, has been a growing international issue because its prevalence has been expanding in adults and children. The burden of this disease on governmental healthcare systems, patients and their families is increasing worldwide. It is estimated that there are approximately 300 million asthma patients worldwide and that 15 million disability-adjusted life years are lost annually by those afflicted with asthma (Fukutomi et al. 2010). Asthma usually arises from an interaction between host and environmental factors. A rapid increase in asthma in recent years cannot be ascribed to changes in genetic factors, but rather, to changes in environmental factors. In addition to increased indoor air contaminant exposures, several social factors that may contribute to developing asthma morbidity have been studied; among factors that have been given widespread attention are geographical variations, socioeconomic status (SES), and ethnicity.
Urban vs. Rural Factors That Affect Adult Asthma
Reviews Env.Contamination(formerly:Residue Reviews)
Whitacre, David M. (editor) / Jie, Yu (author) / Isa, Zaleha Md (author) / Jie, Xu (author) / Ju, Zhang Long (author) / Ismail, Noor Hassim (author)
2013-03-29
31 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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