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From: Risk of cardiovascular mortality, stroke and coronary heart mortality associated with aircraft noise around Congonhas airport, São Paulo, Brazil: a small-area study

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Study area (districts) and exposure bands based on area-weighted aircraft noise per census tract. a. Study area (dark grey) around Congonhas Airport (orange aircraft symbol) selected for being partially or entirely exposed to aircraft noise ≥50 dB. The light grey area represents the extent of the Municipality of São Paulo, Brazil. The boundaries shown are those of the districts; b. Area-weighted aircraft noise at census tract level across the study area. Hatched areas correspond to census tract with a population smaller than five individuals (e.g. parks), which have been excluded from the study

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Environmental Health

ISSN: 1476-069X