Chronic exposure to second hand smoke and 30-day prognosis of patients hospitalised with acute coronary syndromes: The Greek study of acute coronary syndromes

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-312

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a,b   Pitsavos, Christos ^c   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^c  

^a Harokopio University ^*  (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 34147210689     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.107367     Document Type: Article

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