Atmospheric pressure influences the risk of pneumothorax: beware of the storm!

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Published in Chest on March 30, 2007

Authors

Marco Alifano1, Sergio N Forti Parri, Barbara Bonfanti, Walid Abu Arab, Alessia Passini, Maurizio Boaron, Nicolas Roche

Author Affiliations

1: Thoracic Surgery Unit, Hôtel-Dieu Univeristy Hospital, Paris, France. marco.alifano@htd.aphp.fr

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