Browsing by Subject "air pollution"

Now showing items 1-10 of 14

    • Acute effects of inhalable particles on the frog palate mucociliary epithelium 

      Macchione, Mariangela; Oliveira, Alexandre P.; Gallafrio, Cristina T.; Muchão, Fabio B.; Obara, Marcos T.; Guimarães, Eliane T.; Artaxo, Paulo; King, Malcolm; Lorenzi-Filho, Geraldo; Junqueira, Virginia Berlanga Campos [UNIFESP]; Saldiva, Paulo Hilário Nascimento (Us Dept Health Human Sciences Public Health Science, 1999-10-01)
      This work was designed to evaluate the toxicity of inhalable particles less than or equal to 10 pm in aerodynamic diameter (PM10) collected from the urban air in São Paulo, Brazil, to the mucociliary apparatus using the ...

    • Aerobic exercise in polluted urban environments: effects on airway defense mechanisms in young healthy amateur runners 

      Sá, Matheus Cavalcante de [UNIFESP]; Nakagawa, Naomi Kondo; Saldiva de Andre, Carmen Diva; Carvalho-Oliveira, Regiani; Carvalho, Tamas de Santana; Nicola, Marina Lazzari; de Andre, Paulo Afonso; Nascimento Saldiva, Paulo Hilario; Vaisberg, Mauro [UNIFESP] (Iop Publishing Ltd, 2016)
      In this study, the effects of aerobic exercise on the upper airways and their defense mechanisms were investigated in athletes. The athletes ran in two different environments: the downtown streets of the city of Sao Paulo ...

    • Association between air pollution and ischemic cardiovascular emergency room visits 

      Lin, C. A.; Pereira, LAA; Conceicao, GMD; Kishi, H. S.; Milani, R.; Braga, ALF; Saldiva, PHN (Elsevier B.V., 2003-05-01)
      This study observed the relationship between air pollutants and ischemic cardiac diseases such as angina and acute myocardial infarction in a representative cardiovascular center emergency room in São Paulo, Brazil. Daily ...

    • Association of air-conditioning with respiratory symptoms in office workers in tropical climate 

      Graudenz, G. S.; Oliveira, C. H.; Tribess, A.; Mendes, C.; Latorre, MRDO; Kalil, J. (Blackwell Munksgaard, 2005-01-01)
      To evaluate the association of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems (HVAC) and respiratory symptoms in a tropical city, self-administered questionnaires were given to 2000 individuals working in air-conditioned ...

    • Effect of air pollution on pediatric respiratory emergency room visits and hospital admissions 

      Farhat, SCL; Paulo, RLP; Shimoda, T. M.; Conceição, Gleice Margarete de Souza [UNIFESP]; Lin, C. A.; Braga, Alfésio Luís Ferreira [UNIFESP]; Warth, MPN; Saldiva, Paulo Hilário Nascimento [UNIFESP] (Assoc Bras Divulg Cientifica, 2005-02-01)
      In order to assess the effect of air pollution on pediatric respiratory morbidity, we carried out a time series study using daily levels of PM10, SO2, NO2, ozone, and CO and daily numbers of pediatric respiratory emergency ...

    • Environmental air pollution is an aggravating event for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy 

      Scorza, Carla Alessandra [UNIFESP]; Calderazzo, Lineu [UNIFESP]; Arida, Ricardo Mario [UNIFESP]; Cavalheiro, Esper Abrão [UNIFESP]; Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre [UNIFESP] (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 2013-10-01)
      It is extremely difficult to estimate the occurrence of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). On the other hand, discovering and carefully evaluating new risk factors that may contribute to the onset of cardiovascular ...

    • Follow-up of the air pollution and the human male-to-female ratio analysis in São Paulo, Brazil: a times series study 

      El Khouri Miraglia, Simone Georges [UNIFESP]; Veras, Mariana Matera; Amato-Lourenco, Luis Fernando; Rodrigues-Silva, Fernando; Nascimento Saldiva, Paulo Hilario (Bmj Publishing Group, 2013-01-01)
      Objectives in order to assess if ambient air pollution in urban areas could be related to alterations in male/female ratio this study objectives to evaluate changes in ambient particulate matter (PM10) concentrations after ...

    • Health effects of air pollution exposure on children and adolescents in São Paulo, Brazil 

      Braga, ALF; Saldiva, PHN; Pereira, LAA; Menezes, JJC; Conceicao, GMS; Lin, C. A.; Zanobetti, A.; Schwartz, J.; Dockery, D. W. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2001-02-01)
      Children and adolescents have been considered more susceptible to the effects of air pollution than adults. in order to investigate the responses of children of different ages to air pollution exposure, daily records or ...

    • Health Impact Assessment of Air Pollution in Sao Paulo, Brazil 

      Abe, Karina Camasmie [UNIFESP]; El Khouri Miraglia, Simone Georges [UNIFESP] (Mdpi Ag, 2016)
      Epidemiological research suggests that air pollution may cause chronic diseases, as well as exacerbation of related pathologies such as cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity and mortality. This study evaluates air ...

    • A Novel Anti-Pollution Filter for Volatile Agents During Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Preliminary Tests 

      Nigro Neto, Caetano; Landoni, Giovanni; Tardelli, Maria Angela [UNIFESP] (W B Saunders Co-Elsevier Inc, 2017)
      Objective: Concerns regarding pollution of the operating room by volatile anesthetics and effects on atmospheric ozone depletion exist. Volatile agents commonly are used during cardiopulmonary bypass to provide anesthesia ...