Comparing pedestrian injury mortality in Mexico City: ¿have changes occurred over a decade?
Results show significant changes among both periods. Differences by sex pointed out the need of a differential analysis of the problem. Contribute to elaborate new research questions to be addressed in the future to work on the prevention of this public health problem.
This is the largest study to date to investigate specifically the association between maternal cigarette smoking and the risk of having a newborn with a congenital digital anomaly. The elevated odds ratio for tobacco use and the significant trend in the dose-response relationship suggests smoking during pregnancy may be an important preventable risk factor for these common congenital differences.