Environmental epidemiology applied to urban atmospheric pollution: a contribution from the Experimental Air Pollution Laboratory (LPAE)

Systematic investigation on the effects of human exposure to environmental pollution using scientific methodology only began in the 20th century as a consequence of several environmental accidents followed by an unexpected mortality increase above expected mortality and as a result of observational...

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Main Authors: André Paulo Afonso de, Braga Alfésio Luis Ferreira, Lin Chin An, Conceição Gleice Margarete de Souza, Pereira Luiz Alberto Amador, Miraglia Simone Georges El Khouri, Böhm György Miklos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2000-01-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2000000300011