Association between Ambient Temperature and Acute Myocardial Infarction Hospitalisations in Gothenburg, Sweden: 1985-2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Wichmann, Janine ^a   Rosengren, Annika ^a   Sjöberg, Karin ^b   Barregard, Lars ^a   Sallsten, Gerd ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; AIR POLLUTANT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; AGE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; HISTORY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876975608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062059     Document Type: Article

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