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Climate Interactions and Respiratory Diseases in Children
Ramalho, Margarida; Amaro, Nuno; Deus, Ricardo; Nogueira, Paulo; Bandeira, TeresaIntroduction: Temperature and relative humidity affect health, particularly the respiratory system. Children represent a risk group, due to immature systems and continual development. The present study aimed to analyze the effects of temperature and relative humidity on hospitalizations of children due to asthma exacerbations and respiratory infections. Methods: This retrospective study analyzed administrative ...
Association between respiratory hospital admissions and air quality in Portugal...
Martins, Ana; Scotto, Manuel; Deus, Ricardo; Monteiro, Alexandra; Gouveia, SóniaAlthough regulatory improvements for air quality in the European Union have been made, air pollution is still a pressing problem and, its impact on health, both mortality and morbidity, is a topic of intense research nowadays. The main goal of this work is to assess the impact of the exposure to air pollutants on the number of daily hospital admissions due to respiratory causes in 58 spatial locations of Portug...