Abstract
Exposure to air pollution is one of the most serious environmental public health problems, taking into account its extent and its inadvertent nature. Air pollution is characterized by the scientific community as “the global silent killer”. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 92% of the world’s population breathes infected air; resulting in three million people every year losing their lives from air pollution-related diseases, 24% of morbidity and 23% of all deaths are attributable to environmental factors. Due to air pollution, the effects on health are classified as short-term (occurring directly on the same day or on days immediately following exposure) and long-term (related to long-term exposure to air pollution e.g. for life one person or for many years). In recent years, air pollution, mainly due to the economic crisis, skyrocketed, with dramatic effects on human health and, by extension, on the seriously suffering patient, the environment!
