Air pollution and in-hospital mortality of ischemic heart disease patients

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-121

  Saadat, S ^a   Sadeghian, S ^b   Hamidian, R ^b   Najafi, M A ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Division of Air Pollution Modeling   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Coronary disease; Epidemiology; Ischemic heart disease; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; NITROUS OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY;

EID: 77749277215     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2010.117.121     Document Type: Article

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