Open AccessClimate change and allergic diseases in children and adolescents
Author(s) -
Marilyn Urrutia-Pereira,
Héctor Badellino,
Ignacio J. Ansotegui,
Guillermo Guidos,
Dírceu Solé
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
allergologia et immunopathologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1578-1267
pISSN - 0301-0546
DOI - 10.15586/aei.v50isp1.545
Subject(s) - medicine , climate change , environmental health , air pollution , ecology , biology
The Anthropocene is used to describe the most recent period where major disruptions in Earth's system processes have resulted from humanity's increasing ecological footprint. Climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of good health, such as clean air, stable ecosystems, safe drinking water, and sufficient and safe food, and they seem to be closely related to air pollution.