The effect of the gravitation of the moon on acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 256-258

  Shimada, Kenei ^a   Yoshikawa, Junichi ^a   Wake, Ryotaro ^b   Fukuda, Daiju ^b   Yoshiyama, Minoru ^b  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ASTRONOMY; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOON; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOON; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 33846575631     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.06.015     Document Type: Letter

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