A case-control analysis of exposure to traffic and acute myocardial infarction

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-57

  Tonne, Cathryn ^a,d   Melly, Steve ^a   Mittleman, Murray ^a,b   Coull, Brent ^a   Goldberg, Robert ^c   Schwartz, Joel ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Case control studies; Myocardial infarction; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33846069143     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9587     Document Type: Article

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