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| Author(s): |
Guilherme Yassuyuki Tacao
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Presidente Prudente. 2017-11-28. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Presidente Prudente |
| Defense date: | 2017-08-28 |
| Advisor: | Dionei Ramos |
| Abstract | |
Introduction: Air pollution is an important public health problem worldwide and has been cited as the cause of negative impacts on human health. This impact includes increased mortality, hospital admissions, emergency visits and medication use, due to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Objective: The objective of this dissertation was to analyze the impact of exposure to air pollutants on respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in the adult population, as well as to investigate respiratory diseases in children and adolescents living nearby a sugarcane factory in a city in the southwest of São Paulo. Methods: The study was a cross-sectional, retrospective, population-based study using data from an Adult Health Survey and International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) in children and adolescents, a total of 335 individuals were interviewed. The questionnaires were applied directly to the person or guardian for those under 12 years of age. Thematic blocks of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases were used. To ensure the quality of the data collection, interviews were conducted directly at the home by properly trained researchers. For blood analysis, complete blood count and glycemia were analyzed so that abnormal levels were analyzed for the possible detection of cardiovascular risk factors. Conclusions: Exposure to biomass burning in residents nearby a sugarcane plantation generated a negative impact on the respiratory system in residents, both adults and children living in the district, especially in women and children. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/14648-8 - THE IMPACT OF EXPOSURE TO BIOMASS BURNING ON THE PREVALENCE RATE IN RESPIRATORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES. |
| Grantee: | Guilherme Yassuyuki Tacao |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |