Short-term effects of air temperature on blood markers of coagulation and inflammation in potentially susceptible individuals

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 670-678

  Schäuble, Claudia Luise ^a   Hampel, Regina ^a   Breitner, Susanne ^a,b   Rückerl, Regina ^a   Phipps, Richard ^c   Diaz Sanchez, David ^d   Devlin, Robert B ^d   Carter, Jacqueline D ^d   Soukup, Joleen ^d   Silbajoris, Robert ^d   Dailey, Lisa ^d   Koenig, Wolfgang ^e   Cyrys, Josef ^a,f   Geruschkat, Uta ^a   Belcredi, Petra ^a   Kraus, Ute ^a,b   Peters, Annette ^a   Schneider, Alexandra E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1;

ADULT; AGED; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; GERMANY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-5; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PLASMINOGEN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865449144     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100469     Document Type: Article

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