The effects of air pollution on cardiovascular diseases: lag structures Efeitos da poluição do ar nas doenças cardiovasculares: estruturas de defasagem

OBJECTIVE: To assess the lag structure between air pollution exposure and elderly cardiovascular diseases hospital admissions, by gender. METHODS: Health data of people aged 64 years or older was stratified by gender in São Paulo city, Southeastern Brazil, from 1996 to 2001. Daily levels of air poll...

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Main Authors: Lourdes Conceição Martins, Luiz A A Pereira, Chin A Lin, Ubiratan P Santos, Gildeoni Prioli, Olinda do Carmo Luiz, Paulo H N Saldiva, Alfésio Luís Ferreira Braga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2006-08-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102006000500018