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Air pollution and anemia as risk factors for pneumonia in ecuadorian children: a retrospective cohort analysis

BACKGROUND: Ambient air pollution and malnutrition, particularly anemia, are risk factors for pneumonia, a leading cause of death in children under five. We simultaneously assessed these risk factors in Quito, Ecuador. METHODS: In 2005, we studied two socioeconomically similar neighborhoods in Quito...

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Autores principales: Harris, Aaron M, Sempértegui, Fernando, Estrella, Bertha, Narváez, Ximena, Egas, Juan, Woodin, Mark, Durant, John L, Naumova, Elena N, Griffiths, Jeffrey K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3223143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22050924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-10-93