Association of short-term ambient air pollution concentrations and ventricular arrhythmias

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1123-1132

  Rich, David Q ^a   Schwartz, Joel ^a,b   Mittleman, Murray A ^a,c   Link, Mark ^d   Luttmann Gibson, Heike ^a   Catalano, Paul J ^a,e   Speizer, Frank E ^a,b   Dockery, Douglas W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Arrhythmias; Heart arrest; Tachycardia, ventricular; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIGOXIN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARRHYTHMIA; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ODDS RATIO; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20544454741     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi143     Document Type: Article

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