Association Between Air Pollution and Intrauterine Mortality in Sao Paulo, Brazil

The study presents the association between air pollution and intrauterine mortality in Sao Paulo for a one year period, January 1991 to December 1992. Pollutant concentrations of NO sub(2), SO sub(2), CO, O sub(3), and particulate matter less than or equal to 10 mu m were examined. Data was provided...

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Published in:Environmental health perspectives 1998-06, Vol.104 (6), p.325-325
Main Authors: Pereira, Luiz AA, Loomis, Dana, Conceicao, Gleice MS, Braga, Alfesio LF, Arcas, Rosangela M, Kishi, Humberto S, Singer, Julio M, Bohm, Gyorgy M, Saldiva, Paulo HN
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Summary:The study presents the association between air pollution and intrauterine mortality in Sao Paulo for a one year period, January 1991 to December 1992. Pollutant concentrations of NO sub(2), SO sub(2), CO, O sub(3), and particulate matter less than or equal to 10 mu m were examined. Data was provided by the Sao Paulo air pollution controlling agency (CETESB), and the municipal mortality information improvement service (PROAIM). Poisson regression techniques, adjusted for weather and season, were used. The association between intrauterine mortality and air pollution was strong for NO sub(2), but less for SO sub(2) and CO. A combination of the three pollutants showed a significant association between air pollution and fetal mortality.
ISSN:0091-6765