@Article{SmithAragSabeNaka:2014:DrImCh,
author = "Smith, Lauren T. and Arag{\~a}o, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de
and Sabel, Clive E. and Nakaya, Tomoki",
affiliation = "{University of Exeter} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
Espaciais (INPE)} and {University of Bristol} and {Ritsumeikan
University}",
title = "Drought impacts on children's respiratory health in the Brazilian
Amazon",
journal = "Scientific Reports",
year = "2014",
volume = "4",
number = "3726",
pages = "8pp",
keywords = "drought, respiratory health, Amazonia.",
abstract = "Drought conditions in Amazonia are associated with increased fire
incidence, enhancing aerosol emissions with degradation in air
quality. Quantifying the synergic influence of climate and
human-driven environmental changes on human health is, therefore,
critical for identifying climate change adaptation pathways for
this vulnerable region. Here we show a significant increase
(1.2%-267%) in hospitalisations for respiratory diseases in
children under-five in municipalities highly exposed to drought.
Aerosol was the primary driver of hospitalisations in drought
affected municipalities during 2005, while human development
conditions mitigated the impacts in 2010. Our results demonstrated
that drought events deteriorated children's respiratory health
particularly during 2005 when the drought was more geographically
concentrated. This indicates that if governments act on curbing
fire usage and effectively plan public health provision, as a
climate change adaptation procedure, health quality would improve
and public expenditure for treatment would decrease in the region
during future drought events.",
doi = "10.1038/srep03726",
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep03726",
issn = "2045-2322",
label = "scopus 2014-05 SmithAragSabeNaka:2014:DrImCh",
language = "en",
targetfile = "srep03726.pdf",
urlaccessdate = "28 mar. 2024"
}