It is just a game: Lack of association between watching football matches and the risk of acute cardiovascular events

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1006-1013

  Barone Adesi, Francesco ^a   Vizzini, Loredana ^a   Merletti, Franco ^a   Richiardi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Cardiovascular triggers; Football

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; POISSON RATIO; RISK FACTOR; SPORT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPETITION; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK; SOCCER;

BAVARIA; GERMANY;

EID: 77954138643     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq007     Document Type: Article

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