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Piracicaba

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Piracicaba (pērəsēkä`bə), city (1996 pop. 302,605), São Paulo state, SE Brazil, on the Piracicaba River. It is the processing center of a rich agricultural region where sugarcane, cotton, rice, corn, coffee, and many other products are grown; cachaça is distilled from sugarcane. The city houses a noted agricultural institute.

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S Jorge, PT, MSc, is Physical Therapist and was a student in the Master's Degree Program, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
We analyzed the influence of emissions from burning sugar cane on the respiratory system during almost 1 year in the city of Piracicaba in southeast Brazil.
Its pulp mills are located in Jacarei and Luiz Antonio, and its paper mills in Piracicaba and Mogi das Cruzes.
 
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