Acute coronary syndromes related to bio-climate in a Mediterranean area. The case of Ierapetra, Crete Island, Greece

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-90

  Nastos, Panagiotis T ^a   Giaouzaki, Katerina N ^b   Kampanis, Nikos A ^c   Matzarakis, Andreas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Bioclimatic conditions; Crete Island; Generalized linear models; Ierapetra

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LINEARITY; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WIND VELOCITY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VELOCITY; WIND; WINTER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CRETE; GREECE;

EID: 84870582771     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2012.699031     Document Type: Article

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