Atmospheric pollution effects on childhood health: an environmental study in the Paraíba Valley Efeitos da poluição atmosférica na saúde infantil: um estudo ecológico no Vale do Paraíba

OBJECTIVES: to estimate correlation between atmospheric pollutants and the number of children admissions by respiratory disease in the year 2001. METHODS: this is an ecological study of time series. The data on the atmospheric pollutants were obtained at CETESB and the data on hospital admissions we...

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Main Authors: Luiz Fernando C. Nascimento, Maria Carolina C. Módolo, João A. Carvalho Jr.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco 2004-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-38292004000400005