• Climate change and global issues in allergy and immunology 

      Pacheco, Susan E.; Guidos-Fogelbach, Guillermo; Annesi-Maesano, Isabella; Pawankar, Ruby; D'Amato, Gennaro; Latour-Staffeld, Patricia; Urrutia-Pereira, Marylin; Kesic, Matthew J.; Hernandez, Michelle L (J ALLERGY CLIN IMMUNO, 2021)
      The steady increase in global temperatures, resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels and the accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs), continues to destabilize all ecosystems worldwide. Although annual emissions must ...
    • Dust from the Sahara to the American Continent: health impacts 

      Urrutia-Pereira, Marilyn; Varanda Rizzo, Luciana; Latour Staffeld, Patrícia; Chong-Neto, Herberto Jose; Viegie, Giovanni; Solég, Dirceu (Allergol Immunopathol (Madr)., 2021)
      The Saharan Air Layer is a mass of hot, dry air laden with dust that forms over the Sahara and moves towards the Atlantic Ocean. This air mass contains soil dust particles emitted by the action of winds on the African ...