ReviewRespiratory research2018
Pollution and respiratory disease: can diet or supplements help? A review.
Review in Respiratory research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
69 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Evaluating effectiveness of protective interventions towards environmental contamination among under-five children: systematic review and meta-analysis in Africa.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Guideline
- Dietary supplementations to mitigate the cardiopulmonary effects of air pollution toxicity: A systematic review of clinical trials.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Trial
- Diet Quality, Dietary Inflammatory Potential, and All-Cause Mortality in U.S. Adults With Asthma-COPD Overlap.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Vitamin D deficiency modifies the association between ambient PMNutrition research and practice · 2026Article
- Consumption of antioxidant-rich foods attenuates respiratory and cardiovascular health effects in a population highly exposed to air pollution.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026Article
- Reconsidering Vitamin D Supplementation in Pulmonary Disease: The Case for Targeted Respiratory Delivery.Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) · 2026Article
- National, Subnational, and Risk-Attributed Burden of Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Iran (1990-2021): A Longitudinal Clustering Analysis of Global Burden of Disease 2021 Data.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Micronutrients as Mitigators of Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Health Effects: A Scoping Review and Framework for Epidemiologic Studies.Current environmental health reports · 2026Article
- Review
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- Encapsulation Techniques of Carotenoids and Their Multifunctional Applications in Food and Health: An Overview.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Joint effects of air pollution and diet patterns on the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Dietary Patterns in Relation to Asthma and Wheeze Among Adolescents in a South African Rural Community.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Diagnosis, Prognostic Factors, Treatment Strategies, and Future Perspectives.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Association between polyunsaturated fatty acids dietary intake and pulmonary function among American children: NHANES 2007-2012.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Immunotherapy of small cell lung cancer based on prognostic nutritional index.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- The role of antioxidant nutrients in mitigating PMFrontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Air Pollution among Medical Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
9 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Pollution is known to cause and exacerbate a number of chronic respiratory diseases. The World Health Organisation has placed air pollution as the world's largest environmental health risk factor. There has been recent publicity about the role for diet and anti-oxidants in mitigating the effects of pollution, and this review assesses the evidence for alterations in diet, including vitamin supplementation in abrogating the effects of pollution on asthma and other chronic respiratory diseases. We found evidence to suggest that carotenoids, vitamin D and vitamin E help protect against pollution damage which can trigger asthma, COPD and lung cancer initiation. Vitamin C, curcumin, choline and omega-3 fatty acids may also play a role. The Mediterranean diet appears to be of benefit in patients with airways disease and there appears to be a beneficial effect in smokers however there is no direct evidence regarding protecting against air pollution. More studies investigating the effects of nutrition on rapidly rising air pollution are urgently required. However it is very difficult to design such studies due to the confounding factors of diet, obesity, co-morbid illness, medication and environmental exposure.
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