Estimated Personal Soot Exposure Is Associated With Acute Myocardial Infarction Onset in a Case-Crossover Study

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 361-368

  Von Klot, Stephanie ^a   Cyrys, Josef ^a,b   Hoek, Gerard ^c   Kühnel, Brigitte ^a   Pitz, Mike ^a,b   Kuhn, Ulrike ^a   Kuch, Bernhard ^d   Meisinger, Christa ^a   Hörmann, Allmut ^a   Wichmann, H Erich ^a,e   Peters, Annette ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Personal exposure; Soot; Trigger

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PARTICLE SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOOT; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 79952598988     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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