Triggering of acute myocardial infarction by different means of transportation

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 750-758

  Peters, Annette ^a,b   Von Klot, Stephanie ^a   Mittleman, Murray A ^c   Meisinger, Christine ^a,d   Hörmann, Allmut ^a   Kuch, Bernhard ^d   Erich Wichmann, H ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Munich Heart Alliance   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; environment; epidemiology; registries; trigger

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CAR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT STRESS; URBAN AREA;

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; REGISTRIES; TRIGGER;

ADULT; AGED; BICYCLING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884154990     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312446672     Document Type: Article

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