Air pollution and myocardial infarction in Rome: A case-crossover analysis

Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 528-535

  D'Ippoliti, Daniela ^a   Forastiere, Francesco ^a,c   Ancona, Carla ^a   Agabiti, Nera ^b   Fusco, Danilo ^a   Michelozzi, Paola ^a   Perucci, Carlo A ^a  

^a Rome E Health Authority   (Italy)

^b Agency for Public Health   (Italy)

^c ASL RM/E   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Case crossover; Ischemic heart diseases; Myocardial infarction; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CROSSOVER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA; WEATHER; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; SEASON;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ROME; SEASONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 0642365967     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000082046.22919.72     Document Type: Article

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