Ozone short-term exposure and acute coronary events: A multicities study in Tuscany (Italy)

Environmental Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-23

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

^a Regional Agency for Public Health of Tuscany   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit 10 Firenze   (Italy)

^c Environmental Protection Agency of Tuscany Region   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case crossover studies; Myocardial infarction; Out of hospital coronary deaths; Ozone; Time series studies

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; META-ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OZONE; SEASON; TIME SERIES; TOXICITY;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CORONARY DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK AND AIR POLLUTION IN TUSCANY STUDY; CASE-CROSSOVER STUDIES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NO(2), CO; NOX; O(3); OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CORONARY DEATHS; OXIDES OF NITROGEN; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER WITH A DIAMETER≤10ΜM; PM(10); RISCAT; TIME SERIES STUDIES; VOCS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WHO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OZONE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84885855998     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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