Ambient Ozone Concentrations and the Risk of Perforated and Nonperforated Appendicitis: A Multicity Case-Crossover Study

Background: Environmental determinants of appendicitis are poorly understood. Past work suggests that air pollution may increase the risk of appendicitis. Objectives: We investigated whether ambient ground-level ozone (O(3)) concentrations were associated with appendicitis and whether these associat...

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Autores principales: Kaplan, Gilaad G., Tanyingoh, Divine, Dixon, Elijah, Johnson, Markey, Wheeler, Amanda J., Myers, Robert P., Bertazzon, Stefania, Saini, Vineet, Madsen, Karen, Ghosh, Subrata, Villeneuve, Paul J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3734492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23842601
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206085

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