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Risk assessment of PM(2.5) to child residents in Brazilian Amazon region with biofuel production

BACKGROUND: Exposure to fine fractions of particulate matter (PM(2.5)) is associated with increased hospital admissions and mortality for respiratory and cardiovascular disease in children and the elderly. This study aims to estimate the toxicological risk of PM(2.5) from biomass burning in children...

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Autores principales: de Oliveira, Beatriz Fátima Alves, Ignotti, Eliane, Artaxo, Paulo, do Nascimento Saldiva, Paulo Hilário, Junger, Washington Leite, Hacon, Sandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3465199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22978271
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-11-64