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THE AMBIENT AIR, THE GOOD OF IT AND THE BAD OF IT: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THERAPEUTIC GASES AND AIR POLLUTION *
Author(s) -
Barach Alvan L.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1971.tb02414.x
Subject(s) - medicine , air pollution , exacerbation , pollution , air pollutants , isolation (microbiology) , environmental health , pollutant , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , ecology , chemistry , organic chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , biology
A bstract The author outlines the history of the isolation of therapeutic gases from the ambient air, and also the industrial introduction of gases that pollute the air and menace the health of man. Both geriatric and middle‐aged patients with respiratory and cardiac disease have experienced exacerbation of symptoms and even death as a result of high concentrations of air pollutants. Methods have been developed (e.g., alkaline sprays and air‐filtering units) for combatting emergency periods of air pollution in the home and hospital. Every physician should keep up to date in this regard. Thus unnecessary illness and death may be prevented while communities work out good over‐all programs on the basis of valid information.