Diet and Obstructive Lung Diseases

• Isabelle Romieu ^[2] ; Carol Trenga ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Washington

     University of Washington

     Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Pan American Health Organization and National Institute of Public Health, Center for Population Studies, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Localización: Epidemiologic reviews, ISSN 0193-936X, ISSN-e 1478-6729, Vol 23, 2, 2001, págs. 268-287
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In recent studies, dietary factors have been implicated in the cause and prevention of important diseases. Nutritional factors could significantly modify host response to environmental toxicants. An adequate diet may be able to inhibit, arrest, or even reverse the chain of events in toxicity (1), while a deficient diet could increase a person's susceptibility to adverse environmental exposures, such as allergens, environmental tobacco smoke, infectious agents, and air pollution (2). Several dietary factors have been implicated in the genesis of obstructive lung diseases, mainly because of the potential role of dietary factors in inflammatory reactions (1) and in the activities of airway smooth muscle and enzymatic reactions that affect neuromuscular transmission (3).