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The influence of environment, as represented by diet and air pollution, upon incidence and prevalence of wheezing illnesses in young children

The influence of environment, as represented by diet and air pollution, upon incidence and... The influence of environment, as represented by diet and air pollution, upon incidence and prevalence of wheezing illnesses in young children Gordon R. Bloomberg Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Purpose of review Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington The purpose of this review is to consider the collective influence of factors affecting University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA recurrent wheezing in young children. Correspondence to Gordon R. Bloomberg, MD, Recent findings Department of Pediatrics, One Children’s Place, Campus Box 8116-NWT, St Louis, MO 63110, USA Specific allergen sensitization, upper respiratory infections, genetic polymorphisms and Tel: +1 314 454 2694; fax: +1 314 454 2515; environmental factors have collectively been reported in the prevalence of and induction e-mail: Bloomberg@kids.wustl.edu of recurrent wheezing in young children. Two examples of environmental factors are diet Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical and exposure to air pollution, both of which are potentially modifiable. Recent Immunology 2011, 11:144–149 investigations provide evidence that a ‘Mediterranean diet’ and a diet that emphasizes polyunsaturated fatty acids during pregnancy and early infancy, as well as breastfeeding, may be protective for wheezing, and that exposure to traffic-related pollution may be an independent factor in the incidence of wheezing http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology Wolters Kluwer Health

The influence of environment, as represented by diet and air pollution, upon incidence and prevalence of wheezing illnesses in young children

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1528-4050
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1473-6322
DOI
10.1097/ACI.0b013e3283445950
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21368621
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Abstract

The influence of environment, as represented by diet and air pollution, upon incidence and prevalence of wheezing illnesses in young children Gordon R. Bloomberg Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Purpose of review Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington The purpose of this review is to consider the collective influence of factors affecting University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA recurrent wheezing in young children. Correspondence to Gordon R. Bloomberg, MD, Recent findings Department of Pediatrics, One Children’s Place, Campus Box 8116-NWT, St Louis, MO 63110, USA Specific allergen sensitization, upper respiratory infections, genetic polymorphisms and Tel: +1 314 454 2694; fax: +1 314 454 2515; environmental factors have collectively been reported in the prevalence of and induction e-mail: Bloomberg@kids.wustl.edu of recurrent wheezing in young children. Two examples of environmental factors are diet Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical and exposure to air pollution, both of which are potentially modifiable. Recent Immunology 2011, 11:144–149 investigations provide evidence that a ‘Mediterranean diet’ and a diet that emphasizes polyunsaturated fatty acids during pregnancy and early infancy, as well as breastfeeding, may be protective for wheezing, and that exposure to traffic-related pollution may be an independent factor in the incidence of wheezing

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Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical ImmunologyWolters Kluwer Health

Published: Apr 1, 2011

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