Air pollution from forest burning as environmental risk for millions of inhabitants of the Brazilian Amazon: an exposure indicator for human health

• Main Authors: Igor Neves de Oliveira (Author), Beatriz Fátima Alves de Oliveira (Author), Ismael Henrique da Silveira (Author), Lúbia Maieles Gomes Machado (Author), Juliana Wotzasek Rulli Villardi (Author), Eliane Ignotti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract: In this study, we propose an indicator of air pollution exposure to identify potential hazardous areas for human health in the Amazon and Central-West Regions of Brazil from 2010 to 2019. This indicator aggregates both concentrations and time of exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5),...