Ambient fine particulate air pollution triggers ST-elevation myocardial infarction, but not non-ST elevation myocardial infarction: A case-crossover study

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gardner, Blake ^a   Ling, Frederick ^a   Hopke, Philip K ^b   Frampton, Mark W ^a   Utell, Mark J ^a   Zareba, Wojciech ^a   Cameron, Scott J ^a   Chalupa, David ^a   Kane, Cathleen ^c   Kulandhaisamy, Suresh ^a   Topf, Michael C ^a   Rich, David Q ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Air pollution; Epidemiology; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW YORK; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEATHER;

EID: 84891929977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8977-11-1     Document Type: Article

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