Meteorological conditions, climate change, new emerging factors, and asthma and related allergic disorders. A statement of the World Allergy Organization

The prevalence of allergic airway diseases such as asthma and rhinitis has increased dramatically to epidemic proportions worldwide. Besides air pollution from industry derived emissions and motor vehicles, the rising trend can only be explained by gross changes in the environments where we live. The world economy has been transformed over the last 25 years with developing countries being at the core of these changes. Around the planet, in both developed and developing countries, environments are undergoing profound changes. Many of these changes are considered to have negative effects on respiratory health and to enhance the frequency and severity of respiratory diseases such as asthma in the general…

• UD
  Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
• UL
  Université Laval
• MU
  Massey University
• TU
  Technische Universität München
• IU
  Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval
• EA
  Executive Agency for Health and Consumers
• HZ
  Helmholtz Zentrum München