Relationship between environmental air pollution and allergic asthma
Journal Title: The Journal of Community Health Management - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
The illeffects of environmental air pollution on respiratory and allergic diseases is increasing The evidence is accumulating that the rise in the incidence of allergic diseases in the developing countries is largely due to the increase in air pollution as a result of rapid and illplanned urbanization and industrialization Major source of energy for todays world is biomass fuel and burning of biomass fuel produces high concentration of respirable particulate matter toxic gases like nitrogen dioxide sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide and various other organic compounds These form an important constituent of environmental pollution capable of worsening respiratory and allergic diseasesKeywordsParticulate matter Nitrogen dioxide Ozone
Authors and Affiliations
Vikas Deep Mishra, Nikhil Sinha
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