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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Main Authors: Maria Leticia de Souza Paraiso, Nelson Gouveia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva 2015-09-01
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