Effects on the Female Reproductive System of Air Pollution Produced by the Use of Wood Combustion for Residential Heating: Challenges and Perspectives of Morphological Studies

SUMMARY: Previous studies have shown that air pollution affects cardio-respiratory function, but its role regarding reproductive processes is unknown. There are few experimental background studies on its effects on the morpho-function in the reproductive system. The use of wood combustion for reside...

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Autor principal:	Salinas,Paulo
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2018
Materias:	Air Pollution Reproductive System WCRH Uterus
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220180002006232019-09-16Effects on the Female Reproductive System of Air Pollution Produced by the Use of Wood Combustion for Residential Heating: Challenges and Perspectives of Morphological StudiesSalinas,Paulo Air Pollution Reproductive System WCRH Uterus SUMMARY: Previous studies have shown that air pollution affects cardio-respiratory function, but its role regarding reproductive processes is unknown. There are few experimental background studies on its effects on the morpho-function in the reproductive system. The use of wood combustion for residential heating (WCRH) in the cities of south-central Chile has increased significantly. As a result, it has become a source of significant emissions of particulate matter suspended (PM) in the air. The possible association between exposure to PM and reproductive problems has been suggested only on the basis of epidemiological studies, most of them carried out in environments where the main source of PM emission is the combustion of oil by motorized vehicles and industries, ignoring the effects produced by the smoke of WCRH. For example, in the city of Temuco-Padre Las Casas, Chile, 93 % of PM emissions correspond to WCRH smoke, thus being considered an urban area with a single PM emission source and the factors that contribute to this type of contamination are reasonably representative of most of the cities in south-central Chile. We therefore suggest this as an adequate setting to evaluate the real effect of the environmental contamination produced by the smoke of WCRH in the reproductive system. The limited number of studies reported on the effects of this type of emission on the female reproductive system, present a challenge for the morphological sciences and also for those who make decisions that affect public health.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.36 n.2 20182018-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022018000200623en10.4067/S0717-95022018000200623
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description	SUMMARY: Previous studies have shown that air pollution affects cardio-respiratory function, but its role regarding reproductive processes is unknown. There are few experimental background studies on its effects on the morpho-function in the reproductive system. The use of wood combustion for residential heating (WCRH) in the cities of south-central Chile has increased significantly. As a result, it has become a source of significant emissions of particulate matter suspended (PM) in the air. The possible association between exposure to PM and reproductive problems has been suggested only on the basis of epidemiological studies, most of them carried out in environments where the main source of PM emission is the combustion of oil by motorized vehicles and industries, ignoring the effects produced by the smoke of WCRH. For example, in the city of Temuco-Padre Las Casas, Chile, 93 % of PM emissions correspond to WCRH smoke, thus being considered an urban area with a single PM emission source and the factors that contribute to this type of contamination are reasonably representative of most of the cities in south-central Chile. We therefore suggest this as an adequate setting to evaluate the real effect of the environmental contamination produced by the smoke of WCRH in the reproductive system. The limited number of studies reported on the effects of this type of emission on the female reproductive system, present a challenge for the morphological sciences and also for those who make decisions that affect public health.
author	Salinas,Paulo
author_facet	Salinas,Paulo
author_sort	Salinas,Paulo
title	Effects on the Female Reproductive System of Air Pollution Produced by the Use of Wood Combustion for Residential Heating: Challenges and Perspectives of Morphological Studies
title_short	Effects on the Female Reproductive System of Air Pollution Produced by the Use of Wood Combustion for Residential Heating: Challenges and Perspectives of Morphological Studies
title_full	Effects on the Female Reproductive System of Air Pollution Produced by the Use of Wood Combustion for Residential Heating: Challenges and Perspectives of Morphological Studies
title_fullStr	Effects on the Female Reproductive System of Air Pollution Produced by the Use of Wood Combustion for Residential Heating: Challenges and Perspectives of Morphological Studies
title_full_unstemmed	Effects on the Female Reproductive System of Air Pollution Produced by the Use of Wood Combustion for Residential Heating: Challenges and Perspectives of Morphological Studies
title_sort	effects on the female reproductive system of air pollution produced by the use of wood combustion for residential heating: challenges and perspectives of morphological studies
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2018
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Effects on the Female Reproductive System of Air Pollution Produced by the Use of Wood Combustion for Residential Heating: Challenges and Perspectives of Morphological Studies

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