Atmospheric Pollution and Hospitalization for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases in the City of Manaus from 2008 to 2012
Joint Authors
Sacramento, Daniel S.
Martins, Lourdes C.
Arbex, Marcos A.
Pamplona, Ysabely de A. P.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-04-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Introduction.
Air pollution has been identified as a serious public health problem in the world’s major metropolises.
Recent studies have shown that airborne particle concentrations are associated with a wide range of effects on human health, including increased hospital admissions for respiratory disease, enhanced asthma episodes, decreased lung function, and increased mortality.
Objective.
To relate the levels of air pollution and hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in the city of Manaus in Brazil from 2008 to 2012.
Method.
This is an ecological time-series study among children (under 5 years of age) and elderly (above 60 years of age).
Data on the daily number of hospitalizations for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, pollutants (PM2.5), temperature, and humidity were used.
Poisson generalized additive models were used to estimate the association between variables.
Increases in hospitalizations for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases were estimated for the interquartile range (IQR) daily mean level of each variable studied, with a confidence interval of 95%.
Results.
Respiratory diseases and children: −0.40% (95% CI: −1.11, 0.30), 0.59% (95% CI: −0.35, 1.52), and 0.47% (95% CI: −3.28, 4.21) for PM2.5, temperature, and humidity, respectively.
Respiratory diseases and elderly: 0.19% (95% CI: −0.93, 1.31), −0.10% (95% CI: −1.85, 1.65), and −6.17% (95% CI: −13.08, 0.74) for PM2.5, temperature, and humidity, respectively.
Cardiovascular diseases and elderly: −0.18% (95% CI: −0.86, 0.50), −0.04% (95% CI: −1.10, 1.03), and −3.37% (95% CI: −7.59, 0.85) for PM2.5, temperature, and humidity, respectively.
Conclusions.
The time-series study found no significant association between PM2.5, temperature, humidity, and hospitalization, unlike the evidences provided by the present academic literature.
Since there is no air quality monitoring network in Manaus and the option available in the present study was to reproduce some information obtained from remote sensing, there is a need for implementation of ground monitoring stations for health and environmental studies in the region.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sacramento, Daniel S.& Martins, Lourdes C.& Arbex, Marcos A.& Pamplona, Ysabely de A. P.. 2020. Atmospheric Pollution and Hospitalization for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases in the City of Manaus from 2008 to 2012. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1214094
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sacramento, Daniel S.…[et al.]. Atmospheric Pollution and Hospitalization for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases in the City of Manaus from 2008 to 2012. The Scientific World Journal No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1214094
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sacramento, Daniel S.& Martins, Lourdes C.& Arbex, Marcos A.& Pamplona, Ysabely de A. P.. Atmospheric Pollution and Hospitalization for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases in the City of Manaus from 2008 to 2012. The Scientific World Journal. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1214094
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1214094