Effects of fine particulate matter on daily mortality for specific heart diseases in Japan

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1248-1254

  Ueda, Kayo ^a   Nitta, Hiroshi ^a   Ono, Masaji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Heart disease; Mortality; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149149565     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-1149     Document Type: Article

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