Particulate matter and hospital admission due to arterial hypertension in a medium-sized Brazilian city

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5223697
AutoresLuiz Fernando Costa Nascimento (0009-0007-6833-9544, Universidade de Taubaté), Juliana Batrov Francisco (Universidade de Taubaté)
Año2013
Volumen29
Número8
Páginas1565-1571
Fecha de publicación2013-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x2013001200009
PMID24005922
OpenAlexW4251103627
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas5

This study aims to assess the effects air pollution on hospitalization due to hypertension. An ecological study was conducted using data regarding hospitalizations due to hypertension in São José dos Campos, State of São Paulo, Brazil between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2010. The pollutants analyzed by this study were particulate matter, sulfur dioxide and ozone. A significant association between exposure to particulate matter and hospitalization due to hypertension was identified using Poisson regression with lags of up to four days. Relative risk of hospital admission ranged between 1,009 and 1,019. A 10μg/m3 increase in concentration of particulate matter was associated with a 13% increase in risk of hospitalization

Air pollutants · Air pollution · Ecological study · Environmental health · Geography · Hospital admission · Meteorology · Ozone · Particulate pollution · Particulates · Poisson regression · Pollutant · Population · Sulfur dioxide · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Chemistry · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Environmental Science · Global Health Care Issues · Internal Medicine · Medicine