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SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Villamizar LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6121387 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rodríguez-Villamizar Laura Andrea LA Rojas-Roa Néstor Yezid NY Blanco-Becerra Luis Camilo LC Herrera-Galindo Víctor Mauricio VM Fernández-Niño Julián Alfredo JA
International journal of environmental research and public health 20180730 8
Few studies have been conducted on the effect of air pollution on morbidity in Latin America. This study analyzed the effects of air pollution on respiratory and circulatory morbidity in four major cities in Colombia. An ecological time-series analysis was conducted with pollution data from air quality monitoring networks and information on emergency department visits between 2011 and 2014. Daily 24-h averages were calculated for NO₂, PM<sub>10</sub>, PM<sub>2.5</sub>, and SO₂ as well as 8-h ave ...[more]