Air Pollutant and Respiratory Hospitalization Data for Taubaté, Brazil, 2011-2012
Taubaté, Brazil, hospitalization data for respiratory diseases from August 2011 to July 2012, linked with estimated daily concentrations of air pollutants (CO, PM2.5, O3, NOx) and meteorological variables. The dataset contains 352 admissions and was used in a Poisson regression analysis to quantify health risks, finding a 17% increased hospitalization risk for a 3µg/m³ rise in nitrogen oxides. The research was conducted by Vanessa Villalta Lima Roman using data from Datasus and pollutant estimates from the CATT-BRAMS model.