Environmental epidemiology applied to urban atmospheric pollution: a contribution from the Experimental Air Pollution Laboratory (LPAE)

• Main Authors: Paulo Afonso de André (Author), Alfésio Luis Ferreira Braga (Author), Chin An Lin (Author), Gleice Margarete de Souza Conceição (Author), Luiz Alberto Amador Pereira (Author), Simone Georges El Khouri Miraglia (Author), György Miklos Böhm (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.
• Subjects: article
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Systematic investigation on the effects of human exposure to environmental pollution using scientific methodology only began in the 20th century as a consequence of several environmental accidents followed by an unexpected mortality increase above expected mortality and as a result of observational...