ReviewEnvironmental health and preventive medicine2025
Climate change, air pollution and chronic respiratory diseases: understanding risk factors and the need for adaptive strategies.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The impact of climate change on airborne and droplet-borne diseases and hospital response measures.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Association of Particulate Matter (PM2.5) With COVID-19 Infection and Mortality in Low-and Middle-income Asian Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence and Spatial Distribution of Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Hydrological and Household Influences.GeoHealth · 2026Article
- A Brief History of COPD: As Told by Some of Its Senior Scientists and Clinicians.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Respiratory symptoms, vaccination coverage, and antibiotic use among Hajj pilgrims: a multi-season cross sectional study (2023-2025).Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Correlation between questionnaire on air pollution-related factors and chronic respiratory diseases: a case study of Minhang District, Shanghai.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Air pollution, inhaled therapy and COPD exacerbations in Yunlin, Taiwan: a 2016-2024 single-centre retrospective cohort with environmental and carbon-footprint analyses.BMJ open respiratory research · 2025Observational
- Sex-specific global burden of cardiometabolic and respiratory diseases attributable to secondhand smoke exposure: Insights from the global burden of disease study 2021.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2025Article
- Climate Change and Air Pollution-Related Health Effects on Pain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- The 2024 report of the synergetic roadmap on carbon neutrality and clean air for China: Pollution and carbon reduction promote green economic development.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2025Article
- Assessing Air Quality and Health Benefits of Enhanced Management of Forests, Shrublands, and Grasslands Against Wildfires in California.GeoHealth · 2025Article
- Exogenous Pyruvate in Defense Against Human-Exposure Toxicants: A Review of In Vitro and In Vivo Evidence.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
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Abstract
Under the background of climate change, the escalating air pollution and extreme weather events have been identified as risk factors for chronic respiratory diseases (CRD), causing serious public health burden worldwide. This review aims to summarize the effects of changed atmospheric environment caused by climate change on CRD. Results indicated an increased risk of CRD (mainly COPD, asthma) associated with environmental factors, such as air pollutants, adverse meteorological conditions, extreme temperatures, sandstorms, wildfire, and atmospheric allergens. Furthermore, this association can be modified by factors such as socioeconomic status, adaptability, individual behavior, medical services. Potential pathophysiological mechanisms linking climate change and increased risk of CRD involved pulmonary inflammation, immune disorders, oxidative stress. Notably, the elderly, children, impoverished groups and people in regions with limited adaptability are more sensitive to respiratory health risks caused by climate change. This review provides a reference for understanding risk factors of CRD in the context of climate change, and calls for the necessity of adaptive strategies. Further interdisciplinary research and global collaboration are needed in the future to enhance adaptability and address climate health inequality.
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