Results: 131

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...

Variáveis ambientais e níveis de monóxido de carbono exalado e carboxihemoglobina em idosos praticantes de exercício

Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o monóxido de carbono exalado, a carboxihemoglobina e as variáveis cardiopulmonares em idosos praticantes de exercícios em ambientes externos e correlacionar com clima e poluição. Estudo ecológico temporal com 118 idosos ativos em Cuiabá. Foram obtidas in...

Air pollutants and hospital admission due to pneumonia in children: a time series analysis

Summary Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the association between expo sure to air pollutants and hospitalization for pneumonia among children in a medium-sized city located in the sugar cane plantation region of São Paulo State. Methods: An ecological time-series study was conducted wi...

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...

Poluentes do ar e internações devido a doenças cardiovasculares em São José do Rio Preto, Brasil

Resumo O presente estudo teve como objetivo estimar os efeitos de poluentes ambientais sobre o número de internações por doenças cardiovasculares. Foi um estudo ecológico com dados de internações hospitalares de residentes em São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brasil, com diagnóstico nas catego...

Air pollution and its impacts on health in Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the impact of air pollution on respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity of children and adults in the city of Vitoria, state of Espirito Santo. METHODS A study was carried out using time-series models via Poisson regression from hospitalization and pollutant data in Vito...

High risk of respiratory diseases in children in the fire period in Western Amazon

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the toxicological risk of exposure to ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) among schoolchildren.. METHODS Toxicological risk assessment was used to evaluate the risk of exposure to O3 and PM2.5 from biomass burning among schoolchildren aged six to 14 years, res...

Background noise analysis in urban airport surroundings of Brazilian cities, Congonhas Airport, São Paulo

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To perform a quantitative analysis of the background noise at Congonhas Airport surroundings based on large sampling and measurements with no interruption. METHODS Measuring sites were chosen from 62 and 72 DNL (day-night-level) noise contours, in urban sites compatible with reside...

Modelo fuzzy estimando tempo de internação por doenças cardiovasculares

Resumo Para prever o tempo médio de internações por doenças cardiovasculares relacionadas à exposição de poluentes do ar em São José dos Campos (SP), em 2009, foi construído um modelo linguístico fuzzy, baseado no método de Mamdani, com variáveis de entrada: material particulado, dióxido de...

Cuantificación de los hidrocarburos aromáticos policíclicos (hap) en el material particulado pm 2. 5 de una zona residencial de pamplona, Colombia

Rev. luna azul; (40), 2015
Los contaminantes del aire han sido, y siguen siendo, los principales factores que contribuyen a enfermedades pulmonares obstructivas crónicas (EPOC), enfermedades cardiovasculares (ECV), asma y cáncer. El ozono, los óxidos de azufre, monóxido de carbono, óxidos de nitrógeno y el material particula...