Air pollution and mortality in São Paulo, Brazil: Effects of multiple pollutants and analysis of susceptible populations

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 150-161

  Bravo, Mercedes A ^a   Son, Jiyoung ^a   De Freitas, Clarice Umbelino ^b   Gouveia, Nelson ^b   Bell, Michelle L ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; mortality; ozone; particulate matter; susceptibility

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BRAZIL; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84958673330     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2014.90     Document Type: Article

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