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Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
2001
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- Los efectos agudos de la contaminación del aire en la salud de la población: evidencias de estudios epidemiológicos José Alberto Rosales Víctor Manuel Torres Victor Hugo Borja Gustavo Olaiz Salud PM10 ozone Mexico analysis health effects Objective. To summarize the evidence of acute health effectsfrom exposure to particulate matter and ozone. Materialand Methods. A meta-analysis was performed usingrandom effect models, to summarize the health effects ofpollution, published in major international and Mexican journalsup to June 2000. Results. Results were given as percentincrease in ten units of PM10 (µg/m3) and ozone (ppb).PM10 was found to have an effect on mortality (0.96%),hospital admissions (1.39%), emergency room visits (3.11%),respiratory symptoms (7.72%), pulmonary forced vital capacity(1.42%), and restricted activity days (7.74%). Ozoneeffects were equally significant. Conclusions. These findingsshow the great impact that air pollutants may have onthe health of populations living in large metropolis. The Englishversion of this paper is available at: http://www.insp.mx/salud/index.html 2001 artículo científico 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10643607 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.6 Vol.43