Environmental pollutants and stroke-related hospital admissions Poluentes ambientais e internações devido a acidente vasculoencéfalico

• Main Authors: Luiz Fernando Costa Nascimento (Author), Juliana B. Francisco (Author), Marielle Beatriz R. Patto (Author), Angélica M. Antunes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Some effects of environmental pollution on human health are known, especially those affecting the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. The current study aimed to estimate these effects on the production of hospital admissions for stroke. This was an ecological study using hospital admissions data...