Excess in cardiovascular events on Mondays: A meta-analysis and prospective study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-114

  Barnett, Adrian G ^a   Dobson, Annette J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; RAIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; META-ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTRATION; REVIEW; STRESS; SUDDEN DEATH;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; PERIODICITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12344335468     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.019489     Document Type: Review

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