Department of Pulmonology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Victor Babeș", P-ța Eftimie Murgu nr.2, Timișoara, 300041, Timiș, Romania.
Department of Pulmonology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hațieganu", Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Apr;28(16):19615-19628. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-13208-x. Epub 2021 Mar 4.
There is increasing interest in understanding the role of air pollution as one of the greatest threats to human health worldwide. Nine of 10 individuals breathe air with polluted compounds that have a great impact on lung tissue. The nature of the relationship is complex, and new or updated data are constantly being reported in the literature. The goal of our review was to summarize the most important air pollutants and their impact on the main respiratory diseases (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, lung cancer, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, respiratory infections, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis) to reduce both short- and the long-term exposure consequences. We considered the most important air pollutants, including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, ozone, particulate matter and biomass smoke, and observed their impact on pulmonary pathologies. We focused on respiratory pathologies, because air pollution potentiates the increase in respiratory diseases, and the evidence that air pollutants have a detrimental effect is growing. It is imperative to constantly improve policy initiatives on air quality in both high- and low-income countries.
人们越来越关注空气污染作为全球人类健康的最大威胁之一。十分之九的人呼吸的空气中含有污染化合物，这些化合物对肺部组织有很大影响。这种关系的性质很复杂，文献中不断有新的或更新的数据报告。我们的综述目的是总结最重要的空气污染物及其对主要呼吸系统疾病（慢性阻塞性肺疾病、哮喘、肺癌、特发性肺纤维化、呼吸道感染、支气管扩张、结核病）的影响，以减少短期和长期暴露的后果。我们考虑了最重要的空气污染物，包括二氧化硫、二氧化氮、一氧化碳、挥发性有机化合物、臭氧、颗粒物和生物质烟雾，并观察它们对肺部病理的影响。我们专注于呼吸道疾病，因为空气污染会加剧呼吸道疾病的增加，而且空气污染对健康有害的证据越来越多。在高收入和低收入国家，不断改善空气质量的政策倡议势在必行。
