Pre-harvest cane burning and health: the association between school absences and burning sugarcane fields

The objective of this study was to investigate an association between pre-harvest sugarcane burning and respiratory diseases in children under five years of age. The following data were collected in five schools in the city of Araraquara, SP, Southeastern Brazil, between March and June 2009: daily r...

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Main Authors: Carla Cabrini Mauro, Vera Lúcia Silveira Bota Ferrante, Marcos Abdo Arbex, Maria Lúcia Ribeiro, Romeu Magnani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-01-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102015000100601&lng=en&tlng=en