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Exposure to PM 2.5 and Obesity Prevalence in the Greater Mexico City Area
Exposure to PM2.5 has been associated with the prevalence of obesity. In the Greater Mexico City Area (GMCA), both are ranked among the …
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Exposure to PM 2.5 and Obesity Prevalence in the Greater Mexico City Area
Ambient fine particulate matter in Latin American cities: Levels, population exposure, and associated urban factors
Background: Exposure to particulate matter (PM2.5) is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality. Yet few studies have examined …
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Ambient fine particulate matter in Latin American cities: Levels, population exposure, and associated urban factors
Life expectancy and mortality in 363 cities of Latin America
The concept of a so-called urban advantage in health ignores the possibility of heterogeneity in health outcomes across cities. Using a …
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Life expectancy and mortality in 363 cities of Latin America
Revisión rápida: contaminación del aire y morbimortalidad por Covid-19
Objective: To analyze the evidence on the relationship between air pollution and an increased risk of morbidity and mortality from …
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Air pollution and children’s respiratory health: a scoping review of socioeconomic status as an effect modifier
Objectives: Air pollution is a leading environmental risk, and socioeconomic status (SES) is postulated as an effect modifier, …
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Assessing the Influence of Socioeconomic Status and Air Pollution Levels on the Public Perception of Local Air Quality in a Mexico-US Border City
Air pollution in developing countries is a growing concern. It is associated with urbanization and social and economic structures. The …
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Children's acute respiratory symptoms associated with PM2.5 estimates in two sequential representative surveys from the Mexico City Metropolitan Area
Background: Respiratory diseases are a major component of morbidity in children and their symptoms may be spatially and temporally …
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Short-term effects of ambient temperature on non-external and cardiovascular mortality among older adults of metropolitan areas of Mexico.
Multi-city studies assessing the association between acute exposure to temperature and mortality in Latin American are limited. To …
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Tendencias en la prevalencia de IRA y EDA en la primera infancia y factores asociados: Ensanut 2012 y 100k.
Objective: To compare the prevalence of acute respiratory infections (ARI) and acute diarrheal disease (ADD) among children younger …
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Quantifying health impacts and economic costs of PM2.5 exposure in Mexican cities of the National Urban System
Objectives: To estimate avoidable mortality, potential years of life lost and economic costs associated with particulate matter PM2.5 …
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