Influence of air pollutants on pneumonia hospitalizations among children in a town in the Brazilian Legal Amazon region: a time series study.

Danila Pequeno Santana Viviane Martins Santos Ageo Mario Cândido da Silva Walkiria Shimoya-Bittencourt

Published in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2020)

The higher the PM2.5 level was, the greater the frequency of hospitalizations also was. Children living in peripheral areas had higher prevalence of pneumonia hospitalizations in the dry period than those who were living in the town center.

Keyphrases

south africa
young adults
heavy metals
air pollution
risk factors
particulate matter
intensive care unit
respiratory failure
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
water soluble