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SUBMITTER: Malagon-Rojas JN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9416028 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Malagón-Rojas Jeadran N JN Parra-Barrera Eliana L EL Toloza-Pérez Yesith Guillermo YG Soto Hanna H Lagos Luisa F LF Mendez Daniela D Rico Andrea A Almentero Julia Edith JE Quintana-Cortes Mónica A MA Pinzón-Silva Diana C DC García Andrés A Benavides-Piracón John A JA Zona-Rubio Diana C DC Portilla Claudia C Wilches-Mogollon Maria A MA Romero-Díaz Sol A SA Hernández-Florez Luis Jorge LJ Morales Ricardo R Sarmiento Olga L OL
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) 20220819 8
<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Particulate Matter (PM), particles of variable but small diameter can penetrate the respiratory system via inhalation, causing respiratory and/or cardiovascular diseases. This study aims to evaluate the association of environmental particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) and black carbon (BC) with respiratory health in users of different transport modes in four roads in Bogotá. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: this was a mixed-method study (including a cross sectiona ...[more]