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A time-stratified case-crossover technique was applied to analyze the associations between ambient air pollution and health outcomes. Conditional logistic regression analysis with the subject\u2019s identification number as a stratum variable was used to obtain odds ratios (ORs) and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals after adjustment for meteorological factors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We based the analysis on 14,527 ED visits for OM over 10 years in children 1\u20133 years of age. We observed statistically significant positive associations between ED visits for OM and interquartile increases in CO and NO2 levels after adjusting for ambient temperature and relative humidity. We observed the strongest associations (expressed by ORs) in the warmer months (April\u2013September) in girls and all patients for exposure to CO and NO2, and in boys for exposure to CO, for 2 days before an OM ED visit.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These results support the hypothesis that ED visits for OM are associated with ambient air pollution.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1289\/ehp.0901675","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,7,21]],"date-time":"2010-07-21T10:08:06Z","timestamp":1279706886000},"page":"1631-1636","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":55,"title":["Air Pollution and Emergency Department Visits for Otitis Media: A Case-Crossover Study in Edmonton, 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