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Air pollution and its impacts on health in Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil

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Title
Air pollution and its impacts on health in Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil
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Revista de Saúde Pública, March 2016
DOI 10.1590/s1518-8787.2016050005909
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Clarice Umbelino de Freitas, Antonio Ponce de Leon, Washington Junger, Nelson Gouveia

Abstract

OBJECTIVE To analyze the impact of air pollution on respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity of children and adults in the city of Vitoria, state of Espirito Santo. METHODS A study was carried out using time-series models via Poisson regression from hospitalization and pollutant data in Vitoria, ES, Southeastern Brazil, from 2001 to 2006. Fine particulate matter (PM10), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and ozone (O3) were tested as independent variables in simple and cumulative lags of up to five days. Temperature, humidity and variables indicating weekdays and city holidays were added as control variables in the models. RESULTS For each increment of 10 µg/m3 of the pollutants PM10, SO2, and O3, the percentage of relative risk (%RR) for hospitalizations due to total respiratory diseases increased 9.67 (95%CI 11.84-7.54), 6.98 (95%CI 9.98-4.17) and 1.93 (95%CI 2.95-0.93), respectively. We found %RR = 6.60 (95%CI 9.53-3.75), %RR = 5.19 (95%CI 9.01-1.5), and %RR = 3.68 (95%CI 5.07-2.31) for respiratory diseases in children under the age of five years for PM10, SO2, and O3, respectively. Cardiovascular diseases showed a significant relationship with O3, with %RR = 2.11 (95%CI 3.18-1.06). CONCLUSIONS Respiratory diseases presented a stronger and more consistent relationship with the pollutants researched in Vitoria. A better dose-response relationship was observed when using cumulative lags in polynomial distributed lag models.

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Unknown 111 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 21 19%
Researcher 15 14%
Student > Bachelor 13 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 7%
Other 17 15%
Unknown 29 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 16%
Engineering 15 14%
Environmental Science 13 12%
Social Sciences 5 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 4%
Other 21 19%
Unknown 35 32%
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