Estimation of damage to human health due to forest burning in the Amazon

摘要: Forest burning stands as a highly used practice in the Brazilian Amazon Forest. Burning trees is cheapest way to expand agricultural frontiers region. Nevertheless, smoke generated this process can produce undesirable negative effects, particular health-induced problems by polluted air. This study aims investigate whether these effects on health of region’s population are statistically significant, using variables mortality and morbidity rates associated with respiratory diseases. The estimated model was estimate damage those people who became ill only fire.