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Published in: Current Allergy and Asthma Reports 6/2012

01-12-2012 | Hot Topic

Climate Change and Allergic Disease

Authors: Leonard Bielory, Kevin Lyons, Robert Goldberg

Published in: Current Allergy and Asthma Reports | Issue 6/2012

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Abstract

Allergies are prevalent throughout the United States and impose a substantial quality of life and economic burden. The potential effect of climate change has an impact on allergic disorders through variability of aeroallergens, food allergens and insect-based allergic venoms. Data suggest allergies (ocular and nasal allergies, allergic asthma and sinusitis) have increased in the United States and that there are changes in allergies to stinging insect populations (vespids, apids and fire ants). The cause of this upward trend is unknown, but any climate change may induce augmentation of this trend; the subspecialty of allergy and immunology needs to be keenly aware of potential issues that are projected for the near and not so distant future.
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Metadata
Title
Climate Change and Allergic Disease
Authors
Leonard Bielory
Kevin Lyons
Robert Goldberg
Publication date
01-12-2012
Publisher
Current Science Inc.
Published in
Current Allergy and Asthma Reports / Issue 6/2012
Print ISSN: 1529-7322
Electronic ISSN: 1534-6315
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11882-012-0314-z

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