Desert dust is a risk factor for the incidence of acute myocardial infarction in western Japan

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 743-748

  Matsukawa, Ryuichi ^a   Michikawa, Takehiro ^b   Ueda, Kayo ^b   Nitta, Hiroshi ^b   Kawasaki, Tomohiro ^c   Tashiro, Hideki ^d   Mohri, Masahiro ^e   Yamamoto, Yusuke ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI FUKUOKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c Shin Koga Hospital   (Japan)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Dust; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASIAN DUST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DESERT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAND; ACUTE DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MONGOLIA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DUST; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHINA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DESERT CLIMATE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MONGOLIA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84918516138     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.000921     Document Type: Article

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