The Impact of Air Pollution on Respiratory Health

European Respiratory Society Monograph, Vol. 21. 2002

ISBN: 9781904097242

It is to Plinius the Younger that we owe the first description of a fatal respiratory disorder induced by natural air pollution. The patient was Plinius the Elder, writer, scientist, and Head of the Roman Fleet, which had moved to Pompei in the Bay of Naples (Italy), to observe better the eruption of the Mount Vesuvio in the year 73 A.D.

This classic topic, i.e. the relationship between pollution and asthma, is now extensively revisited and updated in this excellent Monograph. Resuming the old times, when the Admiral Nelson's Fleet was protecting the Bay of Naples in the name of the British-Napolitan Friendship and Alliance, our British professor S. Holgate, and Neapolitan professor G. D'Amato, now give us the pleasure of reading this outstanding series of articles.

Preface A Rossi Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: a
Introduction G. D'Amato, S.T. Holgate Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: b–d
Epidemiological studies of chronic respiratory conditions in relation to urban air pollution in adults G. Viegi, S. Baldacci Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 1–16
Environmental predictors of allergic disease and effects of air pollution in children E. von Mutius, C. Braun-Fahrländer Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 17–29
Outdoor air pollution, climatic changes and allergic bronchial asthma G. D'Amato, G. Liccardi, M. D'Amato, M. Cazzola Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 30–51
Air pollution and asthma: experimental studies T. Sandström, R. Helleday, A. Blomberg Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 52–65
The role of the upper airways in the protection against air pollution J.B. Watelet, P. Van Cauwenberge, C. Bachert Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 66–76
Deposition and effects of fine and ultrafine particles in the respiratory tract K. Donaldson, C. Lang Tran, W. MacNee Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 77–92
Airborne particles are associated with increased mortality and hospital admissions for heart and lung diseases F. Forastiere, D. D'Ippoliti, R. Pistelli Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 93–107
Epidemic asthma and air pollution J.M. Antó, J. Sunyer Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 108–116
Lifestyle and indoor air pollution: irritative agents P.T.C. Harrison Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 117–132
Lifestyle and indoor air pollution: allergens C.S. Murray, A. Woodcock, A. Custovic Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 133–152
The role of the enzymatic activity of the house dust mite antigen Der p 1 in enhancing its allergenicity F. Shakib, O. Schulz, L. Gough, A.M. Ghaemmaghami Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 153–160
Tobacco smoke and respiratory disease J. Behr, D. Nowak Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 161–179
Diesel exhaust particles and respiratory allergy J.L. Brown, A.J. Frew Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 180–192
The effects of diesel particulates on normal and asthmatic airways A.J. Frew, S. Salvi, T. Sandström, S.T. Holgate Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 193–199
The public health relevance of air pollution abatement N. Künzli Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 200–218
Might diet influence reactions to air pollution? A. Seaton Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 219–225
Indoor prevention of respiratory allergy G. Liccardi, G. D'Amato Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 226–240
Overview of the antioxidant pathways in relation to effects of air pollution P.S. Gilmour, K. Donaldson, W. MacNee Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 241–261
Air pollution and inflammatory airway disease: therapeutic options M. Cazzola, A.M. Vignola, G. D'Amato, J. Bousquet Eur Respir Mon; 2002: 21: 262–282