Relação entre poluição do ar e internações hospitalares por doenças respiratórias e cardiovascular em uma cidade do interior do Estado de São Paulo

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Pestana, Paula Roberta da Silva [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Fisioterapia; Ar - Poluição; Aparelho respiratorio - Doenças; Sistema cardiopulmonar; Metais pesados; Hospitais; Temperatura; Physical therapy
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/132091; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/01-12-2015/000855191.pdf

Introduction: Air pollution has been considered a public health problem since the 20th century. Together with world growth there has been an increase in energy consumption and vehicles, which has increasingly stimulated the development of more efficient technology. The global interest in replacing fossil fuels with biofuels has generated a significant increase in sugarcane production, at which Brazil excels, ranked as the largest producer of cane sugar in the world, thus generating an increase in the levels of pollutants in the environment. As a result, public policy stipulated an allowable limit based on expert advice, so as to take any necessary action against high levels of pollutants. However, some studies have indicated that even concentrations below the limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO) could present a high risk to public health. The WHO states that there is an impact of air pollution on cardiopulmonary function, causing the onset and/or worsening of diseases such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, lung infections, rhinopharyngitis, irritation of the respiratory tract, and cardiovascular diseases, which in turn leads to a high risk of mortality, hospital admissions and emergency room and outpatient visits...