Objectives: To carry out a prospective combined quantitative analysis of the associations
between all cause mortality and ambient particulate matter and sulphur dioxide. Design: …

We investigated the short-term effects of air pollution on hospital admissions for chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Europe. As part of a European project (Air Pollution …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To review the issues and methodologies in epidemiologic time series
studies of daily counts of mortality and hospital admissions and illustrate some of the …

The traditional approach to the ECG diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is focused
on the best estimation of left ventricular mass (LVM) ie finding ECG criteria that agree with …

BACKGROUND: A study was undertaken to assess the combined association between urban
air pollution and emergency admissions for asthma during the years 1986-92 in Barcelona…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Results from several studies over the past five years
have shown that the current levels of pollutants in Europe and North America have adverse …

The Air Pollution and Health: a European Approach (APHEA) project is a coordinated study
of the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality and hospital admissions using data from …

Despite its importance in everyday clinical practice, the ability of physicians to interpret
electrocardiograms (ECGs) is highly variable. ECG patterns are often misdiagnosed, and …

The Air Pollution and Health: a European Approach (APHEA) project is a coordinated study
of the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality and hospital admissions. Five West …

… INa, L-type calcium current ICa(L) and Na + –Ca 2+ exchanger INa/Ca) are also affected,
and further modified by a broad spectrum of changes observed in LVH. Such changes include …