Effect of air pollution on pediatric respiratory emergency room visits and hospital admissions
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Effect of air pollution on pediatric respiratory emergency room visits and hospital admissions.
In order to assess the effect of air pollution on pediatric respiratory morbidity, we carried out a time series study using daily levels of PM10, SO2, NO2, ozone, and CO and daily numbers of pediatric respiratory emergency room visits and hospital admissions at the Children's Institute of the University of Sao Paulo Medical School, from August 1996 to August 1997. In this period there were 43,6...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0100-879X
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2005000200011