Health Risks and Economic Costs of Absenteeism Due to Air Pollution in São Paulo, Brazil

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dc.contributor.authorSilva, Fernando Rodrigues da
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Ubiratan de Paula
dc.contributor.authorSaldiva, Paulo Hilario Nascimento
dc.contributor.authorAmato-Lourenco, Luis Fernando
dc.contributor.authorMiraglia, Simone Georges El Khouri [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-24T14:27:46Z
dc.date.available2016-01-24T14:27:46Z
dc.date.issued2012-10-01
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to estimate the health risks and economic losses due to the effects of air pollution, with a focus on traffic controllers, and to estimate the associated costs through the use of work loss days (WLD) as an indicator of morbidity in São Paulo from 2000 to 2007. the association between traffic controllers' absenteeism and air pollution was determined by generalized linear models (GLM). the increase in relative risk for WLD was 2.08 (95% CI: 2.04-2.12) per 10 mu g/m(3) PM10, which in monetary terms represented 9,430 USD/year, equivalent to 133 absences per 1,308 traffic controllers annually that are attributable to air pollution (accumulated total cost was USD 75,439, which was 19% of the company's operational expenses during the period). These results were extrapolated for the economically active population, and we found that air pollution resulted in 129,832 absences/year and a cost of USD 6,472,686 (77% related to lost wages) per 3,555,237 workers. the estimated values are relevant for planning environmental policies, and are sufficient to promote corrective and preventive actions to avoid this externality.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP, Dept Ciencias Exatas & Terra, Setor Engn Quim, BR-09972270 Diadema, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv São Paulo FMUSP, Fac Med, BR-01246903 São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP, Dept Ciencias Exatas & Terra, Setor Engn Quim, BR-09972270 Diadema, SP, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipFaculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (FMUSP)
dc.description.sponsorshipFederal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.format.extent826-833
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2011.12.0235
dc.identifier.citationAerosol and Air Quality Research. Taichung County: Taiwan Assoc Aerosol Res-taar, v. 12, n. 5, p. 826-833, 2012.
dc.identifier.doi10.4209/aaqr.2011.12.0235
dc.identifier.fileWOS000308976500012.pdf
dc.identifier.issn1680-8584
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/35329
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000308976500012
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaiwan Assoc Aerosol Res-taar
dc.relation.ispartofAerosol and Air Quality Research
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectPM10en
dc.subjectValuationen
dc.subjectWork loss daysen
dc.subjectMobile sourcesen
dc.subjectHealth effects/risksen
dc.titleHealth Risks and Economic Costs of Absenteeism Due to Air Pollution in São Paulo, Brazilen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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