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Hot topics 2010 en enfermedades respiratorias
Pages 23-26 (January 2011)
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Vol. 47. Issue S1.
Hot topics 2010 en enfermedades respiratorias
Pages 23-26 (January 2011)
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El aire es nuestro: la importancia de mantener su calidad
The air belongs to us: the importance of maintaining air quality
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José Antonio Rodríguez Portala, F. Javier González-Barcalab, Ramón Magarolas Jordac, Cristina Martínez Gonzálezd,
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a Servicio de Neumología, UMQER, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, España
b Servicio de Neumología, Hospital de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, España
c Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, Tarragona, España
d Área del Pulmón, Instituto Nacional de Silicosis, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Facultad de Medicina, Oviedo, España
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La preocupación y el interés por conocer los efectos perjudiciales a largo plazo de la contaminación atmosférica en la salud respiratoria han impulsado la realización de diferentes estudios, algunos de cuyos resultados se han publicado a lo largo del año. Con motivo del año SEPAR medioambiente, desde el área de enfermedades respiratorias de origen ocupacional y medioambiental (EROM) revisaremos los avances en los efectos de la contaminación atmosférica en la salud respiratoria y las acciones emprendidas por SEPAR. El objetivo principal del año medioambiente SEPAR es informar al ciudadano en general y al enfermo respiratorio, en particular, de los beneficios de respirar un aire limpio. La educación es el primer paso para conseguir nuestros objetivos. Se trata de educar a los más jóvenes para introducir unos hábitos de conducta duraderos que promuevan una actitud respetuosa con el medio ambiente, inculcar la necesidad de un desarrollo sostenible a través de un consumo energético responsable y una reducción en la emisión de contaminantes. El ciudadano informado reclamará a los gobernantes políticas de salud pública dirigidas a mantener la calidad del aire que respiramos. La web www.elaireesnuestro.com ofrece contenidos didácticos e informativos.

Palabras clave:
Aire limpio
Contaminación atmosférica
Contaminantes
Educación
Abstract

Interest in identifying the long-term harmful effects of atmospheric pollution on respiratory health, and concern about this issue, has prompted several studies, whose results have been published throughout this year. On the occasion of the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery's Year of the Environment, from the Section of Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Diseases, we review the advances made in the effects of atmospheric pollution on respiratory health and the actions undertaken by the Society. The main objective of the Society's Year of the Environment is to inform citizens in general and respiratory patients in particular of the benefits of breathing clean air. The first step in achieving this aim is education. The goal is to educate young people in lasting habits that promote a respectful attitude to the environment, inculcating them with the need for sustainable development through responsible energy consumption and reduction of the emission of pollutants. Informed citizens will demand public health policies aimed at maintaining the quality of the air we breathe from politicians. The website www.elaireesnuestro.com provides information and educational material on the subject.

Keywords:
Clean air
Atmospheric pollution
Pollutants
Education
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