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Use of indicator as the basis to evaluate the exposure to PM air pollution and its significance in public health: case study-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Air pollution is an important public health concern because it can affect large populations, which, in most cases, does not have choices about the air they breathe. There are many sources of air pollution in both urban and non-urban areas. Environmental health indicators can be of particular importa...

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Published in:Revista Biomedica Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 97 - 109
Main Authors: de Oliveira, Vinicius, Pacheco-Ferreira, Aldo
Format: Article
Published: Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan mai-ago2007
Subjects:
Air pollution
Public health
Health status indicators
Environmental health
Environmental policy
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Brazil
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