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ArticleThe Science of the total environment2021

Ambient fine particulate matter in Latin American cities: Levels, population exposure, and associated urban factors.

Nelson Gouveia, Josiah L Kephart, Iryna Dronova, Leslie McClure, José Tapia Granados, Ricardo Morales Betancourt, Andrea Cortínez O'Ryan, José Luis Texcalac-Sangrador, Kevin Martinez-Folgar, Daniel Rodriguez and 1 more

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Article in The Science of the total environment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Urban and socioeconomic disparities in PMEnvironmental research letters : ERL [Web site] · 2025
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  5. Linking urban expansion patterns to lung cancer risk: a nationwide analysis in Chinese cities.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025
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  11. Risk communication, respiratory health risks, and air pollution forecasting in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2025
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  12. Urban Environments, Health, and Environmental Sustainability: Findings From the SALURBAL Study.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2024
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  13. Research Translation to Promote Urban Health in Latin America: The SALURBAL Experience.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2024
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  19. Determinants of obesity in Latin America.Nature metabolism · 2024 · on this map
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Nelson GouveiaDepartment of Preventive Medicine, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: ngouveia@usp.br.
Josiah L KephartUrban Health Collaborative, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Iryna DronovaDepartment of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, College of Environmental Design, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Leslie McClureDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
José Tapia GranadosDepartment of Politics, College of Arts & Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ricardo Morales BetancourtDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
Andrea Cortínez O'RyanPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Chile; Universidad de La Frontera, Department of Physical Education, Sports and Recreation, Chile.
José Luis Texcalac-SangradorDepartment of Environmental Health, Center for Population Health, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico.
Kevin Martinez-FolgarDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Instituto de Nutrición de Centroamérica y Panamá (INCAP), Guatemala.
Daniel RodriguezDepartment of City and Regional Planning and Institute for Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Ana V Diez-RouxUrban Health Collaborative, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExposure to particulate matter (PM

objectivesCharacterize PM

methodsWe used data from the Salud Urbana en America Latina/Urban Health in Latin America (SALURBAL) study, a multi-country assessment of the determinants of urban health in Latin America, to characterize PM

resultsWe found that about 172 million or 58% of the population studied lived in areas with air pollution levels above the defined WHO-AQG of 10 μg/m DISCUSSION: These results show that PM

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Air pollutionBuilt environmentCity planningParticulate matter

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PMID33581538
PMCPMC8024944

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