Update in Environmental and Occupational Medicine 2009

Autor: G. R. Scott Budinger, Joel D. Kaufman, Victor C. Van Hee, Gökhan M. Mutlu
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 181:1174-1180
ISSN: 1535-4970
1073-449X
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201002-0183up
Popis: Environmental and occupational health was a major focus of both the scientific and lay press in 2009. Population-based studies confirmed the importance of environmental pollutants in the development of cardiorespiratory morbidity and mortality. Concerns regarding climate change highlighted the important public health consequences of carbon dioxide and methane emissions. The promise of new manufactured nanomaterials has been tempered by emerging concerns regarding their environmental impact. In addition, a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009 will force a revision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards for the three major air pollutants, particulate matter, ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx), in 2010. In this review on environmental and occupational medicine, we provide an overview of studies in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and selected other studies from the literature focused on environmental and occupational health. Although by no means comprehensive, we attempt to highlight the progress that has been made in identifying major health consequences of environmental exposure and understanding the mechanisms by which these occur.
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