Impact of weather and climate on the incidence of acute coronary syndromes

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-40

  Goerre, Stefan ^a   Egli, Claude ^b   Gerber, Stefan ^c   Defila, Claudio ^d   Minder, Christoph ^b   Richner, Hans ^c   Meier, Bernhard ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^d Biometeorology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate; Myocardial infarction; Weather

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER; WIND;

CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; SWITZERLAND; WEATHER;

EID: 34047194556     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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