Air pollution, weather variations and primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-15

  Bertolaccini, Luca ^a   Alemanno, Laura ^b   Rocco, Gaetano ^c   Cassardo, Claudio ^b  

^a S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollutants; Bivariate and multiple regression; Clustering; Meteorological parameters; Spectral analysis; Spontaneous pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054854995     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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