Incidence of acute-onset atrial fibrillation correlates with air temperature. Results of a nine-year survey

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 151-157

  Comelli, Ivan ^a   Ferro, Jayme ^b   Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Comelli, Denis ^c   Sartori, Elisabetta ^a   Cervellin, Gianfranco ^a  

^a Academic Hospital of Parma   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute onset atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrillation; Climate; Humidity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; WEATHER; ACUTE DISEASE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 84905563751     PISSN: 22106006     EISSN: 22106014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jegh.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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