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- Title
HOSPITALIZAÇÕES POR DOENÇAS RESPIRATÓRIAS ASSOCIADOS À EXPOSIÇÃO DE METAIS TOXICOS NO MATERIAL PARTICULADO E NÍVEL DE TEMPERATURA EM PRESIDENTE PRUDENTE, SP, BRASIL.
- Authors
Ito, Murilo Sannomia; Ramos, Ercy Mara Cipulo; Pestana, Paula Roberta Silva; Ceccato, Aline Duarte Ferreira; Soares de Carvalho Junior, Luiz Carlos; Tommaselli, José Tadeu Garcia; dos Anjos Proença, Camila; Fernando de Souza Teixeira, Marcos; Trevisan, Iara Buriola; Marques David, Renata; Faustino, Gabriel; Ramos, Dionei
- Abstract
The objective was to correlate the exposure of toxic metals in atmospheric particulate matter and temperature (T) with hospital admissions for respiratory diseases in Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil. The hospital admissions data survey for respiratory diseases was performed from the hospital data base information system and emergency from May to December 2011. The determinations of the toxic metals cadmium (Cd2+), copper (Cu2+) and lead (Pb2+) from passive sampler were performed by differential pulse voltammetry. The data from T was obtained by the weather station of UNESP. During the period of study 811 medical records of hospital admissions for respiratory diseases were analyzed. The average concentration of toxic metals in MP was of Cd2+ 26.5±17.8 μg/m2, Cu2+ 36.3±18.6 μg/m2, Pb2+ 44.1±20.0μg/m2. The average T was 21.8±1.95 °C. Therefore, it was observed that there was a positive correlation between the number of hospitalizations with Pb2+ (r=0.756) e T (r=0.713). It was concluded that high levels of Pb2+ in the atmosphere and T causes increase of hospital admissions due to respiratory diseases.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; HOSPITAL care; RESPIRATORY diseases; EXPOSURE therapy; PARTICULATE matter; TEMPERATURE effect; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge
- Publication
Colloquium Vitae, 2013, Vol 5, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1984-6436
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5747/cv.2013.v005.n2.v081