Impact des emissions diesel sur l'appareil respiratoire

Adverse effects of diesel exhaust is being now a subject of many recent studies. These various outcomes and especially respiratory changes are due to high concentration of different pollutants within diesel exhaust particles. To date, it has been demonstrated that diesel emission increase the airway allergic reaction as rhinitis and asthma. In addition, to those side effects, it is proved that diesel exhaust is a probable human carcinogen based on evidence. Many epidemiologic evidence found a significant increase in lung cancer risk. However, some studies have provided contradictory results due to concomittant exposure to other pollutants, tobacco exposure and difficulties to extrapolate findings in animal models into humans