Health risks due to pre-harvesting sugarcane burning in São Paulo State, Brazil
<p>After 2003, a new period of expansion of the sugarcane culture began in Brazil. Pre-harvesting burning of sugarcane straw is an agricultural practice that, despite the nuisance for the population and pollution generated, still persisted in over 70% of the municipalities of São Paulo State i...
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Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva
2015-09-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-790X2015000300691&lng=en&tlng=en |