Ambient ozone concentrations and the risk of perforated and nonperforated appendicitis: A multicity case-crossover study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 939-943

  Kaplan, Gilaad G ^a,b   Tanyingoh, Divine ^a,b   Dixon, Elijah ^b   Johnson, Markey ^c   Wheeler, Amanda J ^c   Myers, Robert P ^a,b   Bertazzon, Stefania ^b   Saini, Vineet ^b   Madsen, Karen ^d   Ghosh, Subrata ^a   Villeneuve, Paul J ^c,e  

^a Institute of Public Health   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Appendicitis; Environmental health; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; APPENDICITIS; CANADA; CITIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OZONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880984222     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1206085     Document Type: Article

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