Ambient Air Pollution Is Associated With Increased Risk of Hospital Cardiac Readmissions of Myocardial Infarction Survivors in Five European Cities | Zendy

Stephanie von Klot | Zendy; Annette Peters | Zendy; Pasi Aalto | Zendy; Tom Bellander | Zendy; Niklas Berglind | Zendy; Daniela D’Ippoliti | Zendy; Roberto Elosúa | Zendy; Allmut Hörmann | Zendy; Markku Kulmala | Zendy; Timo Lanki | Zendy; Hannelore Löwel | Zendy; Juha Pekkanen | Zendy; Sally Picciotto | Zendy; Jordi Sunyer | Zendy; Francesco Forastiere | Zendy

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Ambient Air Pollution Is Associated With Increased Risk of Hospital Cardiac Readmissions of Myocardial Infarction Survivors in Five European Cities

Author(s) -

Stephanie von Klot,

Annette Peters,

Pasi Aalto,

Tom Bellander,

Niklas Berglind,

Daniela D’Ippoliti,

Roberto Elosúa,

Allmut Hörmann,

Markku Kulmala,

Timo Lanki,

Hannelore Löwel,

Juha Pekkanen,

Sally Picciotto,

Jordi Sunyer,

Francesco Forastiere

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.105.548743

Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , air pollution , medical emergency , emergency medicine , cardiology , intensive care medicine , environmental health , organic chemistry , chemistry

Ambient air pollution has been associated with increases in acute morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to evaluate the short-term effects of urban air pollution on cardiac hospital readmissions in survivors of myocardial infarction, a potentially susceptible subpopulation.

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