Sanhueza, P.A.; Torreblanca, M.A.; Díaz-Robles, Luis Alonso; Schiappacasse Poyanco, Luis; Silva, M.P.; Astete, T.D.

Particulate air pollution and health effects for cardiovascular and respiratory causes in Temuco, Chile: A wood-smoke-polluted urban area

datacite.alternateIdentifier.citation	Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, Vol. 59, N°12, 1481-1488, 2009	es
datacite.alternateIdentifier.doi	10.3155/1047-3289.59.12.1481	es
datacite.creator	Sanhueza, P.A.
datacite.creator	Torreblanca, M.A.
datacite.creator	Díaz-Robles, Luis Alonso
datacite.creator	Schiappacasse Poyanco, Luis
datacite.creator	Silva, M.P.
datacite.creator	Astete, T.D.
datacite.date	2009
datacite.date.issued	2012-02-09
datacite.subject	Contaminantes	es
datacite.subject	Enfermedades cardiovasculares	es
datacite.subject	Monitoreo ambiental	es
datacite.subject	Material particulado	es
datacite.title	Particulate air pollution and health effects for cardiovascular and respiratory causes in Temuco, Chile: A wood-smoke-polluted urban area	es
dc.date.accessioned	2012-02-09T16:30:45Z
dc.date.available	2012-02-09T16:30:45Z
dc.description.abstract	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 diseases 13%. Emergency room visits for acute respiratory infections represented 28%. The objective of the study presented here was to determine the relationship between air pollution from particulate matter less than or equal to 10 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM10; mostly PM2.5, or particulate matter <2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter) and health effects measured as the daily number of deaths, hospital admissions, and emergency room visits for cardiovascular, respiratory, and acute respiratory infection (ARI) diseases. The Air Pollution Health Effects European Approach (APHEA2) protocol was followed, and a multivariate Poisson regression model was fitted, controlling for trend, seasonality, and confounders for Temuco during 1998-2006. The results show that PM10 had a significant association with daily mortality and morbidity, with the elderly (population >65 yr of age) being the group that presented the greatest risk. The relative risk for respiratory causes, with an increase of 100 μg/m3 of PM10, was 1.163 with a 95% confidence interval (CI) of 1.057-1.279 for mortality, 1.137 (CI 1.096-1.178) for hospital admissions, and 1.162 for ARI (CI 1.144-1.181). There is evidence in Temuco of positive relationships between ambient particulate levels and mortality, hospital admissions, and ARI for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. These results are consistent with those of comparable studies in other similar cities where wood smoke is the most important air pollution problem. Copyright 2009 Air & Waste Management Association.	es
dc.format	PDF	es
dc.identifier.uri	https://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/630
dc.language.iso	en	es
dc.source	Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association,	es
oaire.resourceType	Artículo de Revista	es
uct.carrera	Ingeniería Civil Ambiental	es
uct.carrera	Ingeniería en Recursos Naturales Renovables	es
uct.catalogador	aga	es
uct.comunidad	Recursos Naturales	es
uct.facultad	Facultad de Recursos Naturales	es
uct.indizacion	ISI	es