Climate Change, Migration, and Allergic Respiratory Diseases: An Update for the Allergist

Gennaro D'Amato, MD; Menachem Rottem, MD; Ronald Dahl, MD; Michael S. Blaiss, MD; Erminia Ridolo, MD, PhD; Lorenzo Cecchi, MD; Nelson Rosario, MD, PhD; Cassim Motala, MD; Ignacio Ansotegui, MD,PhD; Isabella Annesi-Maesano, MD,PhD

World Allergy Organization Journal (Jan 2011)

Climate Change, Migration, and Allergic Respiratory Diseases: An Update for the Allergist

Gennaro D'Amato, MD,
Menachem Rottem, MD,
Ronald Dahl, MD,
Michael S. Blaiss, MD,
Erminia Ridolo, MD, PhD,
Lorenzo Cecchi, MD,
Nelson Rosario, MD, PhD,
Cassim Motala, MD,
Ignacio Ansotegui, MD,PhD,
Isabella Annesi-Maesano, MD,PhD

Affiliations

Gennaro D'Amato, MD: Director, Division of Respiratory Allergy, High Speciality Hospital A. Cardarelli, School of Specialization, Respiratory Diseases, University of Napoli, Via Rione Sirignano, Napoli, Italy; Corresponding author.
Menachem Rottem, MD: Head, Allergy Asthma and Immunology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Ronald Dahl, MD: Department of Respiratory Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Michael S. Blaiss, MD: Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
Erminia Ridolo, MD, PhD: Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Parma, Italy
Lorenzo Cecchi, MD: Interdepartmental Centre of Bioclimatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Interdepartmental Centre of Bioclimatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Nelson Rosario, MD, PhD: Professor of Pediatrics, Federal University of Parana, Brazil
Cassim Motala, MD: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; The authors would like to make special recognition of the contribution of their former colleague, the late Cassim Motala, MD.
Ignacio Ansotegui, MD,PhD: Department of Allergy and Immunology, Hospital Quiron Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain
Isabella Annesi-Maesano, MD,PhD: INSERM,UMRS 707, EPAR, F-75012, Paris, France, and UPMC University of Paris 06, UMR_S 707, EPAR, F-75012, Paris, France

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 7
pp. 121 – 125

Abstract

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Local climate changes can impact on a number of factors, including air pollution, that have been shown to influence both the development and attacks of allergic respiratory diseases, and they thus represent an important consideration for the allergist. Migration involves exposure to a new set of pollutants and allergens and changes in housing conditions, diet and accessibility to medical services, all of which are likely to affect migrants' health. This review provides an update on climate change, migration, and allergy and discusses factors for consideration when making recommendations for local allergy service provision, and for assessing an individual patient's environmental exposures. Keywords: climate change, allergy, allergic respiratory diseases, migration and allergy

Published in World Allergy Organization Journal

ISSN: 1939-4551 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Immunologic diseases. Allergy
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