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Different response to exposure to air pollutants in girls and boys

ABSTRACT Objective: Identify the association between exposure to fine particulate matter and hospitalizations due to respiratory diseases in children up to ten years of age in the city of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, stratifying the analysis by sex and calculating excess costs. Methods: Ecological study of ...

Spatial pattern of the environmental exposure to tin in the vicinity of an alloy industry in Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Abstract: Despite being widely used in industry, the literature on tin and its effects in humans is scarce, especially regarding reference values in biological indicators such as blood and urine. Similarly, environmental limits are also rare. This study sought to assess the spatial distribution of hotspo...

Impacto de la contaminación por material particulado sobre las atenciones de urgencias por causas respiratorias en Chillán, Concepción y Los Ángeles

OBJETIVO: Determinar el impacto de la contaminación del aire sobre la salud respiratoria en las comunas de Chillán, Concepción y Los Ángeles entre los años 2013 y 2017. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Se estimaron modelos lineales generalizados (GLM) a partir de datos diarios de atenciones de urgencias por en...

Reordenamiento vehicular y contaminación ambiental por material particulado (2,5 y 10), dióxido de azufre y dióxido de nitrógeno en Lima Metropolitana, Perú

RESUMEN Objetivos. Evaluar el cambio en los niveles ambientales de material particulado (2,5 y 10) (PM2,5 y PM10), dióxido de azufre (SO2) y dióxido de nitrógeno (NO2), posterior al reordenamiento vehicular en la avenida Abancay, entre 2013-2015 respecto a 2007-2009, comparando con otras dos avenida...

Efeitos da exposição a poluentes do ar na saúde das crianças de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brasil

Exposição a poluentes do ar, que costumam ser quantificados por agências ambientais que não estão presentes em todos os estados, pode estar associada a internações por doenças respiratórias de crianças. Foi desenvolvido um estudo ecológico de séries temporais com dados referentes às interna...

Contaminante atmosférico: Material particulado

La atmósfera contiene varios gases que, en concentraciones mayores que las normales, pueden ser peligrosos para los seres humanos, animales y plantas. Todos estos gases potencialmente tóxicos se denominan “contaminantes del aire”. Entre ellos se encuentran: monóxido de carbono (CO), el dióxido de...

Contaminación intradomiciliaria por material particulado fino (MP2, 5) en hogares de recién nacidos

Rev. chil. pediatr; 87 (5), 2016
Introducción: La contaminación de aire por material particulado (MP) es un importante problema de salud pública. En Chile se ha estudiado la contaminación atmosférica y MP10, y escasamente aire interior y MP2,5. Como los recién nacidos y los lactantes pasan la mayoría del tiempo en el hogar, es ne...

Effects of Air Pollutant Exposure on Acute Myocardial Infarction, According to Gender

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (3), 2016
Abstract Background: There is evidence of the effects of air pollution on hospital admissions due to cardiovascular diseases, including myocardial infarction. Objective: To estimate the association between exposure to air pollutants and hospital admissions due to myocardial infarction according to gend...

Air pollution and respiratory diseases: ecological time series

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Exposure to air pollutants is one of the factors responsible for hospitalizations due to respiratory diseases. The objective here was to estimate the effect of exposure to particulate matter (such as PM2.5) on hospitalizations due to certain respiratory diseases among re...

Exposure to fine particulate matter and hospital admissions due to pneumonia: Effects on the number of hospital admissions and its costs

Summary Objective: Given that respiratory diseases are a major cause of hospitalization in children, the objectives of this study are to estimate the role of exposure to fine particulate matter in hospitalizations due to pneumonia and a possible reduction in the number of these hospitalizations and cost...