Case-control study of passive smoking at home and risk of acute myocardial infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 797-803

  Ciruzzi, Mario ^a,b   Pramparo, Palmira ^a   Esteban, Osvaldo ^a   Rozlosnik, Jorge ^a   Tartaglione, Jorge ^a   Abecasis, Blanca ^a   César, Jorge ^a   De Rosa, Jose ^a   Paterno, Carlos ^a   Schargrodsky, Herman ^a  

^a Epidemiol Cncl of the Argentine S   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; HEART INFARCTION; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032521465     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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