title: [Alternatives against environmental pollution. The focus of the internist].
abstract: Potential pathogenesis from pollution depends on the kind of contaminant, its concentration, its duration in environment and on host's characteristics. Faced to the threat of medical consequences of pollution, it is necessary to be alert to recognize them, with an anticipated description. Two syndromes can be distinguished, one acute and the other chronic, that may be useful as reference for an eventual epidemiologic surveillance.
authors.affiliation: División de Medicina, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Islas Andrade
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lifshitz Guinzberg
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004782:Environmental Health; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D008800:Mexico; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants
vernacular_title: Alternativas contra la contaminación ambiental. El enfoque del internista.