Air pollution and respiratory diseases in the Municipality of Vitória, Espírito Santo State, Brazil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2007, Pages

  De Castro, Hermano Albuquerque ^a   Hacon, Sandra ^a   Argento, Roberta ^a   Junger, Washington Leite ^b   De Mello, Carla F ^a   Castiglioni Jr , Nilson ^c   Da Costa, José Gustavo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Estadual de Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos do Espírito Santo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Information systems; Respiratory tract diseases

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 37349065493     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2007001600023     Document Type: Article

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