The influence of exposure to urban air pollutants, green and blue spaces, and biodiversity on the development of allergic diseases and asthma in children: a life-course and eco-social approach

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Determinants of paediatric asthma: a three-level approach

Publication . Paciência, Inês Ribeiro; Moreira, André; Fernandes, Eduardo de Oliveira; Madureira, Joana; Beirão, Idalina

During the 20th century, urbanization has increasing and represented a major demographic and environmental change in developed countries. Urban living may offer a greater possibility to better health care, education and social services, but is also associated with increased exposure to air pollution, outdoors and indoors, loss of natural environments and biodiversity and lifestyle changes. Furthermore, this ever-changing urban environment has an impact on diseases patterns and prevalence, namely on noncommunicable diseases, such as asthma and allergy, and poses many challenges to understand the relationship between the changing on the urban environment and the children health. The overall aim of this thesis was to study the role of the environmental determinants of paediatric asthma.

2021-01-01Doctoral thesis

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