Air pollution and respiratory diseases in the municipality of Vitoria, Espirito Santo State, Brazil

被引：12

作者：

de Castro, Hermano Albuquerque ^{[1
]}

Hacon, Sandra ^{[1
]}

Argento, Roberta ^{[1
]}

Junger, Washington Leite ^{[2
]}

de Mello, Carla F. ^{[1
]}

Junior, Nilson Castiglioni ^{[3
]}

da Costa, Jose Gustavo ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Escola Nacl Saude Publ Sergio Arouca, Ctr Estudos Saude Trabalhador & Ecol Humana, Fdn Oswaldo Cruz, BR-21041210 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

[2] Univ Estado Rio de Janeiro, Inst Social Med, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

[3] Inst Estadual Meio Ambiente & Recursos Hidricos E, Vitoria, Brazil

来源：

CADERNOS DE SAUDE PUBLICA | 2007年 / 23卷

关键词：

respiratory tract diseases; air pollution; lnformation systems;

D O I：

10.1590/S0102-311X2007001600023

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

In Brazil, increasing air pollution in urban areas has led to a rise in respiratory diseases among children and the elderly and has also been the main cause of hospital admissions. This study aims to evaluate the air pollution levels in Vitoria, capital of Espirito Santo State, Brazil, in comparison to Brazilian legislation and recent World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, analyzing the spatial distribution of asthma cases treated at local outpatient services. A descriptive epidemiological study was performed with daily records on air pollution and outpatient treatment for respiratory diseases from 2001 to 2003, for children under 6 years of age. A geographic information system (GIS) was used to identify asthma distribution in the municipality. Air pollution levels were relatively low when compared to the Brazilian legislation and WHO guidelines. Only mean PM10 and NO2 exceeded the annual quality standard. The three highest asthma outpatient treatment rates were observed in the districts of S (a) over tildeo Jose, Jabou, and Morro do Quadro.

引用

页码：S630 / S642

页数：13

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