Indoor air contaminants and their impact on respiratory pathologies.
Humans spend a considerable amount of their time breathing air inside enclosed spaces in which, due to various sources, there may be contaminants that deteriorate the air quality. This is an important risk factor for the health of the general population. This review evaluates the contaminants that are present in the air of indoor air spaces, describing the sources that generate them as well as the physiopathological mechanisms and the diseases that they may cause in the respiratory system.
Sección de Neumología, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, España.
Luis
L
Carazo Fernández
Ramón
R
Fernández Alvarez
Francisco Javier
FJ
González-Barcala
José Antonio
JA
Rodríguez Portal
D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000737:chemistry; D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000009:adverse effects; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000818:Animals; D003252:Construction Materials; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000009:adverse effects; D006361:Heating; D006794:Household Articles; D006795:Household Products; D006798:Housing; D006802:Human Activities; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D039981:Pyroglyphidae; D011886:Radon / Q000009:adverse effects; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D013172:Spores, Fungal; D014691:Ventilation
D000393:Air Pollutants; D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D004731:Endotoxins; D011886:Radon