title: Circulatory disease mortality rates in the elderly and exposure to PM(2.5) generated by biomass burning in the Brazilian Amazon in 2005.
abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze the association between the exposure to fine particulate matter and circulatory disease mortality rates in the elderly living in the Brazilian Amazon. An ecological study of circulatory disease, acute myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular disease mortality rates in micro areas of the Brazilian Amazon was carried out. The environmental exposure indicator used was percentage hours of PM(2.5) concentrations > 25µg/m(3) divided by the total number of estimated hours of PM(2.5) in 2005. The association between exposure and circulatory disease mortality rates was strongest in the oldest age group. No significant statistical association was found between cerebrovascular disease mortality rates and exposure. Circulatory disease mortality rates in the elderly living in the Amazon have been influenced by atmospheric pollution from emissions caused by forest fires.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brasil. karinereal@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Karine Vila Real
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: Eliane
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ignotti
authors.forename: Sandra de Souza
authors.initials: Sde S
authors.lastname: Hacon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D018533:Biomass; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D014197:Trees
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D052638:Particulate Matter