Increased prevalence of atrial fibrillation after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Results from the Fukushima Health Management Survey

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 198, Issue , 2015, Pages 102-105

  Suzuki, Hitoshi ^a   Ohira, Tetsuya ^a   Takeishi, Yasuchika ^a   Hosoya, Mitsuaki ^a   Yasumura, Seiji ^a   Satoh, Hiroaki ^a   Kawasaki, Yukihiko ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Sakai, Akira ^a   Ohtsuru, Akira ^a   Kobashi, Gen ^a,b   Ozasa, Kotaro ^a,c   Yamashita, Shunichi ^a,d   Kamiya, Kenji ^a,e   Abe, Masafumi ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Atrial fibrillation; Earthquake; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARTHQUAKE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SHELTER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; DISASTER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84940382761     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.151     Document Type: Article

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