Short-Term association between ambient air pollution and risk of hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction: Results of the cardiovascular risk and air pollution in Tuscany (RISCAT) study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-71

  Nuvolone, Daniela ^b   Balzi, Daniela ^a   Chini, Marco ^c   Scala, Danila ^c   Giovannini, Franco ^c   Barchielli, Alessandro ^a  

^a Tuscany Regional Agro Forestry Service   (Italy)

^b Regional Health Agency of Tuscany   (Italy)

^c Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Tuscany   (Italy)

Author keywords

air pollution; cross over studies; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAMETER; HEALTH RISK; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; URBAN AREA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHMS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 79959653625     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr046     Document Type: Article

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