@Article{PattoNasManVieMor:2016:EfNuHo,
               author = "Patto, Nicole Vargas and Nascimento, Luiz Fernando Costa and 
                         Mantovani, Katia Cristina C. and Vieira, Luciana C. P. F. S. and 
                         Moreira, Demerval Soares",
          affiliation = "{Universidade de Taubat{\'e} (UNITAU)} and {Universidade de 
                         Taubat{\'e} (UNITAU)} and {Universidade Estadual Paulista 
                         (UNESP)} and {Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)} and 
                         {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Exposure to fine particulate matter and hospital admissions due to 
                         pneumonia: effects on the number of hospital admissions and its 
                         costs",
              journal = "Revista da Associa{\c{c}}{\~a}o M{\'e}dica Brasileira",
                 year = "2016",
               volume = "62",
               number = "4",
                pages = "342--346",
                month = "July/Aug.",
             keywords = "Air pollutants, Child health, Health care costs, Particulate 
                         matter, Pneumonia.",
             abstract = "Objective: Given that respiratory diseases are a major cause of 
                         hospitalization in children, the objectives of this study are to 
                         estimate the role of exposure to fine particulate matter in 
                         hospitalizations due to pneumonia and a possible reduction in the 
                         number of these hospitalizations and costs. Method: An ecological 
                         time-series study was developed with data on hospitalization for 
                         pneumonia among children under 10 years of age living in S{\~a}o 
                         Jos{\'e} do Rio Preto, state of S{\~a}o Paulo, using PM2.5 
                         concentrations estimated using a mathematical model. We used 
                         Poisson regression with a dependent variable (hospitalization) 
                         associated with PM2.5 concentrations and adjusted for effective 
                         temperature, seasonality and day of the week, with estimates of 
                         reductions in the number of hospitalizations and costs. Results: 
                         1,161 children were admitted to hospital between October 1st, 
                         2011, and September 30th, 2013; the average concentration of PM2.5 
                         was 18.7 \μg/m3 (\≈32 \μg/m3 of PM10) and 
                         exposure to this pollutant was associated with hospitalization 
                         four and five days after exposure. Conclusion: A 10 \μg/m3 
                         decrease in concentration would imply 256 less hospital admissions 
                         and savings of approximately R\$ 220,000 in a medium-sized 
                         city.",
                  doi = "10.1590/1806-9282.62.04.342",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.62.04.342",
                 issn = "0104-4230",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "pato_exposure.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "11 maio 2024"
}