Impact on human health of particulate matter emitted from burnings in the Brazilian Amazon region

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the impact on human health of exposure to particulate matter emitted from burnings in the Brazilian Amazon region. METHODS: This was an ecological study using an environmental exposure indicator presented as the percentage of annual hours (AH%) of PM2.5 above 80 μg/m3. The outc...

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Autor principal: Ignotti,Eliane (author)
Outros Autores: Valente,Joaquim Gonçalves (author), Longo,Karla Maria (author), Freitas,Saulo Ribeiro (author), Hacon,Sandra de Souza (author), Artaxo Netto,Paulo (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2010
Assuntos:
Hospitalization
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Air Pollutants
Wildfire
Ecological Studies
Fine Particulate Matter
Texto completo:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102010000100013
País:Brasil
Oai:oai:scielo:S0034-89102010000100013

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