Air pollution and children's health: sickle cell disease

• Main Authors: Silvia Maria de Macedo Barbosa (Author), Sylvia Costa Lima Farhat (Author), Lourdes Conceição Martins (Author), Luiz Alberto Amador Pereira (Author), Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva (Author), Antonella Zanobetti (Author), Alfésio Luís Ferreira Braga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>The hallmarks of sickle cell disease are anemia and vasculopathy. The aim of this study was to assess the association between air pollution and children's emergency room visits of sickle cell patients. We adopted a case-crossover design. Daily counts of children's and adolescents&...