Document details

Relating air Pollution and Respiratory Diseases Occurrences

Author(s): Teodoro, M. F. cv logo 1 ; Garcia, J. N. cv logo 2 ; Coelho, L. M. cv logo 3 ; Carvalho, M. G. cv logo 4

Date: 2014

Origin: Repositório Comum

Subject(s): Air quality; Particle dispersion; Health; Generalized linear models


Description
Com o apoio RAADRI. In this article we study the impact of air pollution on children's health in Portugal. In particular, we focus our attention on the city of Barreiro. We use the general linear methods (GLM), taking advantage of all the ease of handling and analyzing data in order to relate air quality and health. We relate levels of air pollution and incidence of entries from children with symptoms of respiratory problems in the pediatric urgency service at the hospital of Barreiro. It was not easy to obtain clear and unambiguous relations in particle dispersion, air quality and health. A set of models are estimated by GLM and validated using adequate tests and residual analysis. At the end of this process, we combine the best models. The work is still going on.
Document Type Conference Object
Language English
delicious logo  facebook logo  linkedin logo  twitter logo 
degois logo
mendeley logo

Related documents



    Financiadores do RCAAP

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Universidade do Minho   Governo Português Ministério da Educação e Ciência Programa Operacional da Sociedade do Conhecimento EU