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Emergency room visits for respiratory conditions in children increased after Guagua Pichincha volcanic eruptions in April 2000 in Quito, Ecuador Observational Study: Time Series Analysis

BACKGROUND: This study documented elevated rates of emergency room (ER) visits for acute upper and lower respiratory infections and asthma-related conditions in the children of Quito, Ecuador associated with the eruption of Guagua Pichincha in April of 2000. METHODS: We abstracted 5169 (43% females)...

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Autores principales: Naumova, Elena N, Yepes, Hugo, Griffiths, Jeffrey K, Sempértegui, Fernando, Khurana, Gauri, Jagai, Jyotsna S, Játiva, Edgar, Estrella, Bertha
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1947976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17650330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-6-21