Associations between short-term exposure to particulate matter and ultrafine particles and myocardial infarction in Augsburg, Germany

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 218, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 535-542

  Wolf, Kathrin ^a   Schneider, Alexandra ^a   Breitner, Susanne ^a   Meisinger, C ^d   Heier, Margit ^a,b   Cyrys, Josef ^a,c   Kuch, Bernhard ^b,d   von Scheidt, Wolfgang ^b   Peters, Annette ^a,e   Heinrich, J ^d   Holle, R ^d   Leidl, R ^d   Strauch, K ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^d Hospital of Nördlingen   (Germany)

^e DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Epidemiology; Myocardial infarction; Particulate matter; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TOXICITY; WEATHER;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 84983155080     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2015.05.002     Document Type: Article

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