Air pollution and activation of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in london

Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 405-413

  Anderson, H Ross ^a   Armstrong, Ben ^b   Hajat, Shakoor ^b   Harrison, Roy ^c   Monk, Vivienne ^a   Poloniecki, Jan ^a   Timmis, Adam ^d   Wilkinson, Paul ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIGOXIN; MARKER; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEFIBRILLATOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPLANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77950919656     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181d61600     Document Type: Article

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