Using data from the São Paulo Megacity Mental Health Survey and logistic regression models, we studied how childhood neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and family violence were related to adult hypertension and heart disease. After adjustment for sociodemographic factors, child physical abuse was associated with hypertension and heart disease, whereas family violence was associated with hyp...

A megacity is defined by the United Nations as a metropolitan area with a total population of more than 10 million people. This chapter provides a brief introduction to the air pollution in megacities worldwide. This is an extensive topic and brings together recent comprehensive reviews from particular megacities. We have here highlighted the air quality in megacities that are of particular rel...

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This discussion paper is/has been under review for the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP). Please refer to the corresponding final paper in ACP if available. Abstract The MIRAGE-Shanghai experiment was designed to characterize the factors controlling regional air pollution near a Chinese Megacity (Shanghai) and was conducted during September 2009. This paper provides an overview of...

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Thispaper is the first to systematical/y analyze and compare the structures of city governance and administration for seven maior cities in LatinAmerica, four of which are megacities (population of over 10millionJ, and three others are large national capitais. U.S.and U. K.models of city administration are reviewed as baseline models against which differences in LatinAmerican may be explored. S...

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions This discussion paper is/has been under review for the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP). Please refer to the corresponding final paper in ACP if available. Abstract Carbon monoxide (CO) is a main pollutant in urban agglomerations. Quantifying the total burden of this pollutant in a megacity is challaging because not only its surface c...

Carbon monoxide (CO) is an important pollutant in urban agglomerations. Quantifying the total burden of this pollutant in a megacity is challenging because not only its surface concentration but also its vertical dispersion present different behaviours and high variability. The diurnal trend of columnar CO in the boundary layer of Mexico City has been measured during various days with ground-ba...