Revealing the air pollution burden associated with internal Migration in Peru.

ABSTRACT: This study aims to quantify changes in outdoor (ambient) air pollution exposure from different migration patterns within Peru and quantify its effect on premature mortality. Data on ambient fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Census data was used to calculate rates of within-country migration at the district level. We calculated differences in PM_2.5 exposure between "current" (2016-2017) and "origin" (2012) districts for each migration patterns. Using an exposure-response relationship for PM_2.5 extracted from a meta-analysis, and mortality rates from the Peruvian Ministry of Health, we quantified premature mortality attributable to each migration pattern. Changes in outdoor PM_2.5</

SUBMITTER: Carrasco-Escobar G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7188878 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature