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Simone Georges, El Khouri Miraglia, Gleice Margarete de Souza Conceicao Paulo Hilario, Nascimento Saldiva & Orlando Strambi

Abstract

The paper examines the impact of fuel type on air pollution - and thereby on human health. It presents the results of a time series analysis relating the consumption of ethanol and fossil fuels and measures of air pollution with respiratory and cardiovascular mortality in elderly people in Sao Paulo for the period January 1991 to December 1994. The results of a linear regression analysis show a significant association between air pollution and mortality due to respiratory dise

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