Review article

https://doi.org/10.15255/KUI.2019.018

Impact of Air Pollution on the Development of Asthma

Dajana Kučić Grgić orcid.org/0000-0001-8427-6482 ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Marulićev trg 19, HR-10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Klara Karadakić ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Marulićev trg 19, HR-10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Stefania Majdandžić ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Marulićev trg 19, HR-10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Lucija Štajduhar ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Marulićev trg 19, HR-10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Vesna Ocelić Bulatović orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-090X ; Faculty of Metallurgy, University of Zagreb, Aleja narodnih heroja 3, 44000, Sisak, Croatia

Abstract

Air pollution is a global problem and is considered one of the most common non-allergen triggers of asthma. The impact of air pollution on the appearance of asthma, especially in children, is the subject of many scientific researches, especially in the eastern world due to the problem of pollution it is facing. There are different pollutants depending on the area of activity in which a person is exposed. Thus, contamination of outdoor air is characterized by the marked presence of ozone, O₃, fine particles, PM_2.5 to PM₁₀ and sulphur dioxide, SO₂, while indoor air with the presence of formaldehyde, CH₂O, nitrogen dioxide, NO₂, and volatile organic compounds, VOCs. With controlled treatment, great attention is focused on climatic treatment of asthma.




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Keywords

asthma; fine particles; climatic treatment of asthma; air pollution

Hrčak ID:

232573

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/232573

Publication date:

7.2.2020.

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