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Received: 10 April 2024

Accepted: 12 June 2024

First Online: 13 August 2024

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: By means of this communication we, the authors, declare- That the document is original- That the document has not been previously published in any printed or digital media.- That the document has not been submitted simultaneously to another publication for study or evaluation.- That the document is the result of the intellectual collaboration of the authors.- That the final version of the document, submitted for evaluation, has been read and approved by all authors.- That in order to obtain the data and results shown in this article, the criteria of scientific ethics were followed, in accordance with the type of research carried out.- We confirm that neither the manuscript nor any parts of its content are currently under consideration or published in another journal.- All authors have approved the manuscript and agree with its submission to Journal Quality Atmosphere and Health.

: The authors declare that they have no competing financial interests or known personal relationships that could have influenced the work reported in this paper. The authors are solely responsible for the content and writing of the article.

: This work was approved by the Ethics Committee of the National School of Public Health of the University of Antioquia (Comité de Ética de la Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública de la Universidad de Antioquia), the Research Committee, and the Ethics Committee of the Colombian Pneumology Foundation (Comité de Ética de la Fundación Neumológica Colombiana). The study received no direct funding. The ecological data were obtained from administrative records.