Air pollution and poverty: a deadly combination in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?

Lucile Sesé (1, 2, 3) , Isabella Annesi-Maesano (4) , Catherine Cavalin (5, 6, 7) , Hilario Nunes (2)

1 Hôpital Avicenne [AP-HP]
2 Service de pneumologie [Avicenne]
3 EPAR - Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases Department [iPlesp]
4 IDESP - Institut Desbrest de santé publique
5 IRISSO - Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Sciences Sociales
6 LIEPP - Laboratoire interdisciplinaire d'évaluation des politiques publiques (Sciences Po)
7 CEET - Centre d'études de l'emploi et du travail

Disparities in respiratory health can be partly explained by environmental exposure (in particular to air pollution) and socioeconomic inequalities [1]. Although idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rare disease, there has been growing interest over the last years in the role of air pollution in its incidence and natural history.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Pulmonology and respiratory tract; Humanities and Social Sciences; Sociology

Lucile Sesé, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Catherine Cavalin, Hilario Nunes. Air pollution and poverty: a deadly combination in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?. European Respiratory Journal, 2021, 58 (4), pp.2101714. ⟨10.1183/13993003.01714-2021⟩. ⟨hal-03611784⟩