Climate Change and the Impact on Respiratory and Allergic Disease: 2018

@article{Demain2018ClimateCA,
  title={Climate Change and the Impact on Respiratory and Allergic Disease: 2018},
  author={Jeffrey G Demain},
  journal={Current Allergy and Asthma Reports},
  year={2018},
  volume={18},
  pages={1-5}
}
  • J. Demain
  • Published 24 March 2018
  • Medicine
  • Current Allergy and Asthma Reports
Purpose of ReviewThe purpose of this paper is to review allergic respiratory disease related to indoor and outdoor exposures and to examine the impact of known and projected changes in climate. The global burden of disease directly attributed to climate change is very difficult to measure and becomes more challenging when the capacity of humans to adapt to these changes is taken into consideration. Allergic respiratory disease, such as asthma, is quite heterogenous, though closely associated… 
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