Natural disasters and myocardial infarction: The six years after hurricane katrina

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 472-477

  Peters, Matthew N ^a   Moscona, John C ^a   Katz, Morgan J ^a   Deandrade, Kevin B ^b   Quevedo, Henry C ^b   Tiwari, Sumit ^b   Burchett, Andrew R ^a   Turnage, Thomas A ^a   Singh, Kanwar Y ^b   Fomunung, Edmond N ^a   Srivastav, Sudesh ^b   Delafontaine, Patrice ^b   Irimpen, Anand M ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC STRESS; CHRONOBIOLOGY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL DISASTER; POPULATION RISK; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW ORLEANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898870354     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.12.013     Document Type: Article

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