Effects of Italian smoking regulation on rates of hospital admission for acute coronary events: A country-wide study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; ACUTE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; LEGAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL;

EID: 79952286957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017419     Document Type: Article

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