Fire association with respiratory disease and COVID-19 complications in the State of Pará, Brazil.

• Main Authors: Lucas Schroeder (Author), Eniuce Menezes de Souza (Author), Clévia Rosset (Author), Ademir Marques Junior (Author), Juliano André Boquett (Author), Vinicius Francisco Rofatto (Author), Diego Brum (Author), Luiz Gonzaga, Jr (Author), Marcelo Zagonel de Oliveira (Author), Mauricio Roberto Veronez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Brazil has faced two simultaneous problems related to respiratory health: forest fires and the high mortality rate due to COVID-19 pandemics. The Amazon rain forest is one of the Brazilian biomes that suffers the most with fires caused by droughts and illegal deforestation. Thes...