Comparison of Total and Cardiovascular Death Rates in the Same City During a Losing Versus Winning Super Bowl Championship

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1647-1650

  Kloner, Robert A ^a,b   McDonald, Scott ^c   Leeka, Justin ^a   Poole, W Kenneth ^c  

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FOOTBALL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAM SPORT; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 67649408839     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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