Correlation of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax and Air Pollution in Adolescents.

Byung Mo Gu Ho Hyun Ko Yong Joon Ra Hee Sung Lee Hyoung Soo Kim Hong Kyu Lee

Published in: The Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2020)

In our study, the incidence rate of pneumothorax was 153.8 per 100,000 person-years in male adolescents and 16.7 per 100,000 person-years in female adolescents. The case-crossover design showed that PSP in adolescents is unlikely to be related to air pollution.

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