Meteorological factors and the time of onset of chest pain in acute myocardial infarction

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 116-120

  Thompson, David R ^a   Pohl, Jurgen E ^b   Tse, Yiu Yu S ^c   Hiorns, Robert W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure; Meteorological factors; Myocardial infarction; Relative humidity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHEST PAIN; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030226479     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01211222     Document Type: Article

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