Temuco is one of the most highly wood-smoke-polluted cities in the world. Its population in 2004 was 340,000 inhabitants with 1587 annual deaths, of which 24% were due to cardiovascular and 11% to respiratory causes. For hospital admissions, cardiovascular diseases represented 6% and respiratory ...
Sanhueza, P.A.
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Torreblanca, M.A.
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Díaz-Robles, Luis Alonso
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Schiappacasse Poyanco, Luis
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Silva, M.P.
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Astete, T.D.
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[Particulate air pollution and health effects for cardiovascular and respiratory causes in Temuco, Chile: A wood-smoke-polluted urban area]
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Particulate air pollution and health effects for cardiovascular and respiratory causes in Temuco, Chile: A wood-smoke-polluted urban area
Talcahuano and Hualpén counties are one of the most highly industrial-polluted coastal zones in Chile, overhanging the iron foundry industry, coal burning power plants, chemical industry, and petroleum refinery, etc. The relationship between air pollution from PM2.5 measured at the Libertad monit...
Díaz-Robles, Luis Alonso
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Ortega, J.C.
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Guerrero, M.
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Silva, M.P.
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[Particulate air pollution and health effects for cardiovascular and respiratory causes over an industrial neighborhood; Linking epidemiological time series studies and the power of a health perception survey]
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Particulate air pollution and health effects for cardiovascular and respiratory causes over an industrial neighborhood; Linking epidemiological time series studies and the power of a health perception survey
The particulate matter pollution, induced mainly by the domiciliary wood heating, vehicular traffic, and industrial activity, has become the main source of concern of urban air quality in cities of colder climates. The city of Temuco, 800 km to the south of Santiago, Chile, suffers from severe wo...
Sanhueza, P.A.
,
Díaz-Robles, Luis Alonso
,
Torreblanca, M.A.
,
Schiappacasse Poyanco, Luis
,
Silva, M.P.
,
Astete, T.D.
,
[Particulate air pollution and health effects for cardiovascular and respiratory causes in Temuco City, Chile]
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Particulate air pollution and health effects for cardiovascular and respiratory causes in Temuco City, Chile