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Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 millio...

Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 millio...

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Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018

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Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature communications, 2021-11, Vol.12 (1), p.6555-9, Article 6555

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English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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We quantified the impacts of wildfire-related PM
2.5
on 2 million hospital admissions records due to cardiorespiratory diseases in Brazil between 2008 and 2018. The national analysis shows that wildfire waves are associated with an increase of 23% (95%CI: 12%–33%) in respiratory hospital admissions and an increase of 21% (95%CI: 8%–35%) in ci...

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Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_13a29255b2f840ef92905468170be2b7

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_13a29255b2f840ef92905468170be2b7

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2041-1723

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2041-1723

DOI

10.1038/s41467-021-26822-7

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