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A case-crossover design was used to calculate odds ratios for the hospitalization adjusted for daily weather conditions with an incremented exposure corresponding to the interquartile range in air pollution exposures.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results.When particulate matter and gaseous pollutants were mutually taken into account, the effect remained pronounced for PM10\u20132.5 in both boys and girls. The adjusted odds ratio for 6-day average exposure to PM10\u20132.5 with an increment of 6.5 \u03bcg\/m3 was 1.15 (95% confidence interval: 1.02\u20131.30) for boys and 1.18 (95% confidence interval: 1.01\u20131.36) for girls. The effect also remained for PM10 in boys and for NO2 in girls. 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