Air pollution and hospital admissions for respiratory diseases in the subequatorial Amazon: a time series approach Poluição do ar e admissões hospitalares por doenças respiratórias na Amazônia subequatorial: abordagem de séries temporais

• Main Authors: Eliane Ignotti (Author), Sandra de Souza Hacon (Author), Washington Leite Junger (Author), Dennys Mourão (Author), Karla Longo (Author), Saulo Freitas (Author), Paulo Artaxo (Author), Antônio Carlos Monteiro Ponce de Leon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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The objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of the daily variation in concentrations of fine particulate matter (diameter less than 2.5µm - PM2.5) resulting from the burning of biomass on the daily number of hospitalizations of children and elderly people for respiratory diseases, in Alta F...