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Impact of a national smoking ban on hospital admission for acute coronary syndromes: a longitudinal study.

Cronin, Edmond M
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Kearney, Patricia M
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Kearney, Peter P
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Sullivan, Patrick
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Perry, Ivan J
Author
Cronin, Edmond M
 Kearney, Patricia M
 Kearney, Peter P
 Sullivan, Patrick
 Perry, Ivan J
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Department of Cardiology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland. edmondcronin@gmail.com
Date
2012-04
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Acute Coronary Syndrome
Aged
Confidence Intervals
Female
Humans
Ireland
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Poisson Distribution
Registries
Risk
Smoking
Smoking Cessation
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https://hdl.handle.net/10147/239194
Abstract
A ban on smoking in the workplace was introduced in Ireland on March 29, 2004. As exposure to secondhand smoke has been implicated in the development of coronary disease, this might impact the incidence of acute coronary syndromes (ACS).
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en
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Impact of a national smoking ban on hospital admission for acute coronary syndromes: a longitudinal study. 2012, 35 (4):205-9 Clin Cardiol
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1932-8737
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10.1002/clc.21014
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22278857
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