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Association between sugar cane burning and acute respiratory illness on the island of Maui

BACKGROUND: Sugar cane harvesting by burning on Maui island is an environmental health issue due to respiratory effects of smoke. Volcanic smog (“vog”) from an active volcano on a neighboring island periodically blankets Maui and could confound a study of cane smoke’s effects since cane burning is n...

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Autores principales: Mnatzaganian, Christina Louise, Pellegrin, Karen L., Miyamura, Jill, Valencia, Diana, Pang, Lorrin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4596502/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26446010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12940-015-0067-y