The influence of meteorological variables and air pollutants on the occurrence of respiratory diseases in the city of manaus/am
International Journal of Development Research
The influence of meteorological variables and air pollutants on the occurrence of respiratory diseases in the city of manaus/am
Received 17th September, 2019; Received in revised form 22nd October, 2019; Accepted 11th November, 2019; Published online 30th December, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Emília dos Santos Magalhães et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The objective of this work was to show data on how there is an association of climatic factors and air pollution influence hospitalizations due to respiratory diseases in individuals in the city of Manaus. An ecological study of indicators, hospitalization and deaths was conducted during a few months from 2013 to 2015. It was observed that precipitation has a strong influence on the number of hospitalizations. The data presented are expected to be used to assess the impact of meteorological variables and air pollutants on the city's human health.
