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
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Published: Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan mai-ago2007
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          Secretaria Municipal de Medio Ambiente do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
          Escuela Nacional de Salud Püblica Sérgio Arouca - CESTEH/ENSP/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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        Air pollution
        Public health
        Health status indicators
        Environmental health
        Environmental policy
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        indicator
        particulate matter
        public health
        urban air
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        salud püblica
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        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 importance to emphasize the greater vulnerability of certain populations, such as children or the elderly, and to account for it in public policies associated to health and the environment. The article aims at improving information support for environmental health policies and at bringing valid and useful information on Rio de Janeiro about health impacts of environmental hazards for decision-makers. Based on these characteristics, a structure is proposed for the application and managing specific environmental health problems, identifying PM as an urban air pollution indicator.
        La contaminación atmosférica es una preocupación importante de la salud püblica porque puede afectar a poblaciones grandes, que, en la mayoría de los casos, no tiene opciones sobre el aire que respiran. Hay muchas fuentes de la contaminación atmosférica en areas urbanas y no urbanas. Los indicadores ambientales de la salud pueden ser de importancia particular para subrayar la mayor vulnerabilidad de ciertas poblaciones, tales como niflos o ancianos, y para explicaría en los órdenes públicos asociados a la salud y al ambiente. El artículo tiene como objetivo mejorar la información para las poilticas sanitarias ambientales y generar inform ación válida y ütil en Rio de Janeiro sobre impactos en la salud causados por los peligros del medio ambiente. De acuerdo con estas características, se propone una estructura para el uso y manejo de los problemas de salud ambientales específicos, identificando PM como indicador de polución aérea urbana.
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