Short term effects of temperature on risk of myocardial infarction in England and Wales: Time series regression analysis of the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP) registry

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7768, 2010, Pages 338-

  Bhaskaran, Krishnan ^a   Hajat, Shakoor ^a   Haines, Andy ^a   Herrett, Emily ^a   Wilkinson, Paul ^a   Smeeth, Liam ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEAT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WALES;

EID: 77955862132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c3823     Document Type: Article

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