Seasonal variations in the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction in Hungary between 2000 and 2004

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-254

  Kriszbacher, Ildikó ^a   Boncz, Imre ^b   Koppán, Miklós ^c   Bódis, József ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b National Health Insurance Fund Administration OEP   (Hungary)

^c Baranya County Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Heart attack; Seasonal variation; Weekly variation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50349083757     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.07.095     Document Type: Article

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