Association between occurrence of acute myocardial infarction and meteorological factors

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-40

  Wang, Hongli ^a   Kakehashi, Masayuki ^a   Matsumura, Makoto ^a   Eboshida, Akira ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease, prevention; Epidemiologic methods; Myocardial infarction, treatment; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEART INFARCTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947493300     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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