Circulatory disease mortality rates in the elderly and exposure to PM2.5 generated by biomass burning in the Brazilian Amazon in 2005

Cadernos de Saúde Pública

Karine Vila Real Nunes²  Eliane Ignotti²  Sandra De Souza Hacon¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso Instituto de Saúde Coletiva Cuiabá,Brasil

关键词: Particulate Matter;    Cardiovascular Diseases;    Aged;    Amazonian Ecosystem;    Material Particulado;    Doenças Cardiovasculares;    Idoso;    Ecossistema Amazônico;    Material Particulado;    Enfermedades Cardiovasculares;    Anciano;    Ecosistema Amazónico;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X2013000300016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study was to analyze the association between the exposure to fine particulate matter and circulatory disease mortality rates in the elderly living in the Brazilian Amazon. An ecological study of circulatory disease, acute myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular disease mortality rates in micro areas of the Brazilian Amazon was carried out. The environmental exposure indicator used was percentage hours of PM2.5 concentrations > 25µg/m³ divided by the total number of estimated hours of PM2.5 in 2005. The association between exposure and circulatory disease mortality rates was strongest in the oldest age group. No significant statistical association was found between cerebrovascular disease mortality rates and exposure. Circulatory disease mortality rates in the elderly living in the Amazon have been influenced by atmospheric pollution from emissions caused by forest fires.

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