Triggering myocardial infarction

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1716-1718

  Stone, Peter H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AIR POLLUTION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INFLAMMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOGENESIS; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; NOTE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 6044243534     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp048245     Document Type: Review

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