Call to action: Air pollution, asthma, and allergy in the exposome era

Isabella Annesi-Maesano (1) , Cara Nichole Maesano (1) , Benedetta Biagioni (2) , Gennaro D’amato (3) , Lorenzo Cecchi (4, 5)

1 IDESP - Institut Desbrest de santé publique
2 UNIBO - Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna
3 University of Naples Federico II = Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II
4 Azienda Usl Toscana centro [Firenze]
5 UniFI - Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence = Université de Florence

According to the World Health Organization, by 2050, approximately 50% of the world’s population will have had asthma and/or allergy at least once in life. Increasing evidence suggests that air pollution is a primary risk factor that can help explain the increase in incidence of these diseases.

Mots clés: Asthma; Air pollution; Allergy; Climate; Exposome

Domaines: Médecine humaine et pathologie; Immunologie; Santé publique et épidémiologie

Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Cara Nichole Maesano, Benedetta Biagioni, Gennaro D’amato, Lorenzo Cecchi. Call to action: Air pollution, asthma, and allergy in the exposome era. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2021, 148 (1), pp.70-72. ⟨10.1016/j.jaci.2021.05.026⟩. ⟨hal-03713552⟩