Abstract
Rio de Janeiro is amongst the twenty largest urban agglomerations in the world, with a population of over 11 000 000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area. Atmospheric contamination is derived from industrial, transport and waste burning sources. Industrial plants include two petroleum refineries. Several studies have reported on the effects of air pollution on human health in Brazilian cities (Penna and Duchiade 1991; André et al. 2000 and references therein). Recent World Bank reports (e.g. World Bank 1998) suggest that some 4 000 inhabitants in metropolitan Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo die prematurely each year due to polluted air.
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- Central Business District
- Nonpolar Lipid
- Carbon Preference Index
- Unresolved Complex Mixture
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydro
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Fernandes, M.B., Brickus, L.S.R., Moreira, J.C., Cardoso, J.N., Neves, F.L. (2004). Characterisation and Sources of Nonpolar Lipids in Aerosols over the City of Rio de Janeiro. In: Drude de Lacerda, L., Santelli, R.E., Duursma, E.K., Abrão, J.J. (eds) Environmental Geochemistry in Tropical and Subtropical Environments. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07060-4_7
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