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La contaminación atmosférica constituye uno de los principales problemas ambientales de Chile centro sur y sus efectos en la salud se reconocen parcialmente. Esta investigación identifica el perfil de consulta por enfermedades respiratorias en los niños menores de 5 años y correlaciona los fenóm...

Atmospheric pollution is one of the principal environmental problems of Central Southern Chile and its effects on health are partially recognized. This research identifies the profile of consultations for respiratory diseases in children under 5 years of age and correlates the critical phenomena...

After the episode that occurred in London in December of 1952 in which more than four thousand people died as a result of acute exposure to atmospheric contaminants (particulate matter and sulfur dioxide, principally), there are no doubts that air quality has an important effect on the health of ...