OBJECTIVE [corrected] To estimate the association between passive and active smoking exposures and lung cancer in Mexico City and the corresponding attributable risks. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data was analyzed from a multicenter population-based case-control study conducted in Mexico City. RESULTS ORs for lung cancer in ever smokers were 6.2 (95% CI 3.9-10.2) for males and 2.8 (95% CI 1.7-4.4)...

Air pollution is one of the most important environmental problems in urban areas, being extremely critical in Mexico City. The main air pollution problem that has been identified in Mexico City metropolitan area is the formation of photochemical smog, primarily ozone. The study and development of modeling methodologies that allow the capturing of time series behavior becomes an important task. ...

CONSUELO PLATA,1 DAVID B. MOUNT,2 VERENA RUBIO,1 STEVEN C. HEBERT,2 AND GERARDO GAMBA1 1Molecular Physiology Unit, Department of Nephrology and Mineral Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán and Department of Medicine, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, National University of Mexico, Mexico City CP 14000, Mexico; and 2Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine...

1Department of Nephrology, Odense University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark 2Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research, RWTH Aachen University, University Hospital, 52074 Aachen, Germany 3Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Biology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), 04510 Mexico City, Mexico 4Laboratory of...

1 Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, Mexico, 2 Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 3 Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany, 4 Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, Byurakan, Armenia, 5 Isaac Newton Institute of Chile in Estern Europe and Eurasia, Armenian Branch, Santiago, Chile, 6 Astronomical ...

∗General Directorate of Central Banking Operations, Bank of Mexico Avenida 5 de Mayo No.6, Colonia Centro, Delegacion Cuauhtemoc, 06059 Distrito Federal, Mexico City, Mexico E-mail: [email protected] ∗∗Department of Computer Science, University of Essex Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Great Britain, E-mail: [email protected] ∗∗∗School of Management, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7A...

Discussion Food allergy is highly suspected in children in Mexico, specially allergy due to milk. The food involved in food allergy changes with age. the clinical presentation changes with food, although the skin was the most affected organ. Food allergy has an important impact in quality of life of patients. Even the suspicious is high the use of diagnosis resources must be improved. Authors’ ...

Rita Isabel Lechuga and Ana Cristina Castro Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA National Autonomous University of Mexico, Westhill Institute, Mexico City, Mexico Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK Escuela de Kinesiologia, Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago 7550000, Chile ...

To our knowledge there has been no study of the effect of everyday air pollution on olfactory function. It was therefore the aim of this study to compare the olfactory performance of long-term residents of Mexico City, an environment with high air pollution, with the olfactory performance of residents of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, a region geographically similar to Mexico City but with low ...

INTRODUCTION Systemic hypertension (HTN) is a common risk factor for cardiovascular disease. In Mexico, HTN prevalence has increased over time and is currently 31%. Nonetheless, information about the country's HTN incidence and its associated risk factors is scarce. Understanding this condition is a priority for identifying the scope of primary prevention. The main objective of this study is to...