Seasonal difference in onset of coronary heart disease in young Japanese patients: A comparison with older patients

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1176-1179

  Azegami, Masako ^a   Hongo, Minoru ^a   Yazaki, Yoshikazu ^b   Yanagisawa, Setsuko ^a   Yamazaki, Akie ^a   Imamura, Hiroshi ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Onset season; Young patients

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; MALE; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 25644443909     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.1176     Document Type: Article

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