[Environmental health at La Chaparrala subbasin, Colombia 2015].

Objective: To assess environmental health conditions at La Chaparrala subbasin, in the Andes Mountains of Colombia, during 2015.

Method: Descriptive cross-sectional study on sanitary and environmental conditions of the dwellings, as well as on immediate environment, and environmental health prejudices. A survey was applied to 117 families settled in the main axis of the creek.

[PM10 environmental pollution in and around housing and respiratory capacity in Puerto Nare, Colombia].

Objective: Exploring the relationship between PM10 intra- and extra-domiciliary levels and the lung function of people living in La Sierra, Antioquia, Colombia.

Materials And Methods: A survey and field observations were used for determining the environmental conditions and the immediate household environment of 124 people who had taken a spirometric test. Meteorological conditions were monitored: temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, wind speed and PM10 (24 hours) within and outside the houses.