title: Non specific environmental factors and asthma development.
abstract: Environmental pollutants seem to be responsible for dramatical increase of allergic disorders that have been observed lately. The best documented environmental factors facilitating allergy development are: ozone, diesel-exhaust particulate matter and tobacco smoke. Formaldehyde and SO2 seem to be also very important but still are not sufficiently documented. Mechanisms involved in allergy promotion include: better penetration of allergens across respiratory mucosa or direct modulation of immunological response.
authors: Clinic of Occupational Diseases, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Górski
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Tarkowski
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D004785:Environmental Pollutants