The occurrence of acute myocardial infarction in relation to weather conditions

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-138

  Kriszbacher, Ildikó ^a   Bódis, József ^a   Csoboth, Ildikó ^a   Boncz, Imre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Department of Health Economics   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Circadian rhythms; Seasonal variation; Weather

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WEATHER;

HUMANS; HUNGARY; INCIDENCE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 67349086434     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.01.048     Document Type: Article

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