Short-term effects of atmospheric temperature and humidity on morbidity from acute coronary syndromes in free of air pollution rural Greece

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 846-848

  Misailidou, Maria ^a   Pitsavos, Christos ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^b   Chrysohoou, Christina ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

air pollution; coronary disease; heart disease; hospitalization; humidity; meteorological factors; morbidity; myocardial infarction; patient admissions; temperature

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREECE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; GREECE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; RURAL HEALTH; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33749027734     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000221857.04168.06     Document Type: Article

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