Influence of Air Pollutants Exposure on the Increased Risk of COPD and Other Chronic Respiratory Diseases
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Air".
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Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental pollution; lung function testing; local bronchial and general inflammatory processes; cardio-pulmonary effect
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Interests: environment (air pollution in particular, but also noise pollution): atmospheric pollution (PM, PAHs, heavy metals, gaseous pollutants); environmental data analysis; environmental engineering; environmental epidemiology; environmental exposure; environmental health; environmental impact assessment; environmental management; environmental monitoring; environmental pollution; environmental protection; environmental toxicology; renewable energy sources; health (respiratory diseases (asthma, COPD) in particular, but also allergies and cardiovascular diseases (IHD)): airway obstruction; health impact assessment; health risk assessment; environmental medicine; exposure assessment; pulmonary function test
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is organizing a thematic collection on the impact of air pollution on human health. For detailed information about the journal, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.
The World Health Organization indicates that air pollution is one of the most important environmental risks to health, influencing the increasing morbidity and mortality due to acute and chronic respiratory diseases (e.g., COPD or bronchial asthma), cardiovascular diseases (e.g., ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction), but also cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) and cancers (lung cancer in particular). For years, the WHO has also been concerned about the alarming number of premature deaths attributable to exposure to air pollution. According to the WHO data, it is estimated that air pollution is responsible for over 7 million premature deaths, of which over 4 million are attributed to the exposure to outdoor air pollution. Thus, as a leading factor determining the global scale of morbidity and mortality, air pollution affects quality of life, which is also associated with disability caused by chronic disease.
The impact of air pollutants on human health is directly related to exposure to these pollutants, which enables the determination of the effects of short- and long-term exposure to them. Short-term exposure, i.e., exposure to high concentrations over a period of several hours to several days, causes an acute reaction in the most vulnerable groups of the population, and the effects of this exposure include, among others:
- premature deaths, especially those related to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases,
- an increased number of medical visits, ambulance services and hospitalization due to respiratory and circulatory system diseases,
- an increase in drug consumption,
- an increase in school and work abstentions,
- exacerbation of symptoms of diseases, mainly of the circulatory and respiratory systems,
- adverse effects on lung function, especially in people belonging to groups sensitive to air pollution.
Long-term exposure to air pollution, i.e., exposure to relatively low concentrations of pollutants over many years, is associated with the effects of chronic diseases. They can include, among others:
- mortality due to diseases of the circulatory and respiratory systems,
- chronic respiratory diseases and their common symptoms (asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease),
- chronic changes in physiological functions,
- gradual weakening of the immune system, especially in people who are sensitive, undergoing chronic diseases or diagnosed with diseases at an advanced stage,
- lung cancer,
- chronic diseases of the blood system,
- intrauterine changes, low birth weight at term, no adequate weight gain of the fetus.
Taking into consideration that ambient air quality influences the increased incidence of respiratory diseases (including COPD) but also various types of cancer (not only lung cancer) and diseases of the cardiovascular and nervous systems, this Special Issue will focus presenting the results of clinical and epidemiological studies on risk factors associated with air pollution, affecting morbidity, exacerbation of existing chronic diseases, and also mortality due to exposure to air pollutants. Particular emphasis should also be placed on sensitive groups, such as pregnant women, children, the elderly, or people suffering from chronic diseases.
Prof. Dr. Andrzej Chcialowski
Prof. Dr. Artur Badyda
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- air pollutants
- ambient air
- particulate matter
- gaseous air pollutants
- human health
- health risk associated with air pollution
- acute lung diseases
- chronic lung diseases
- acute cardiovascular diseases
- chronic cardiovascular diseases
- chronic and acute cerebrovascular diseases
