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    Contaminación del aire exterior. Cuenca - Ecuador,2009 - 2013. Posibles efectos en la salud
    (Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, 2014-09) Palacios Espinoza, Elvira del Carmen; Espinoza Molina, Claudia
    Urban air pollution is a public health problem that affects mostly children and the elderly; it is associated with asthma, eye irritation, headache, cardiovascular diseases,and lung cancer. In order to know about the air quality of the Cuenca city, and its possible health effects, the data reported by the Monitoring of the Municipality, the WHO guidelines Air Quality Standard Environment of Ecuador were analyzed; mortality statistics and scientific evidence on health effects were also reviewed.