Background. Industrialization and urbanization, while associated with increased productivity,
are also potential causes of increased air pollution. Urban air quality has the potential to …

Methods A pretest-posttest randomized-group design was applied. Overall, 30 people who
visited public sports facilities were selected to participate on the basis of the inclusion …

Air is a complex amalgamation of gases, water vapor, and dust particles. With development
in civilized human society and later on boom in industrialization, there is drastic change in …

Asthma is a respiratory disease that affects the lungs, with a prevalence of 339.4 million
people worldwide [G. Marks, N. Pearce, D. Strachan, I. Asher and P. Ellwood, The Global …

Introdução: A poluição atmosférica tem sido associada ao aumento no risco de morte,
doenças crônicas e doenças respiratórias em crianças. A literatura aponta que a exposição …

Air quality progressively deteriorates as urbanization, motorization and economic activities
increase. Aerosol particles smaller than 2.5 µm (PM2. 5), a widespread form of pollution is …

Vapor is a substance produced by some liquids which diffuse into the air, and gasoline
vapor is produced from gasoline. Gasoline vapor can cause shortness of breath in confined …

According to WHO reports, about 90 percent of the world population lives in places that
exceed the WHO air quality guidelines. 84 This directly translates into higher morbidity and …

Air pollution is a major environmental risk to human health and wellbeing. According to
WHO reports in 2012, ambient (outdoor) and indoor air pollution was linked to seven million …

Este estudo tem por objetivo avaliar a relação entre poluição do ar e internações por
doenças isquêmicas do coração (DIC), em adultos, na cidade de São Paulo, estratificada …