Effect of the Italian smoking ban on population rates of acute coronary events

Circulation

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1183-1188

  Cesaroni, Giulia ^a   Forastiere, Francesco ^a   Agabiti, Nera ^a   Valente, Pasquale ^b   Zuccaro, Piergiorgio ^b   Perucci, Carlo A ^a  

^a Local Health Authority RME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart diseases; Myocardial infarction; Prevention; Social class; Tobacco smoke pollution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; LAW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; CATERING SERVICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTAURANTS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 41149104919     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.729889     Document Type: Article

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