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

Authors
Cronin, Edmond M
Kearney, Patricia M
Kearney, Peter P
Sullivan, Patrick
Perry, Ivan J
Affiliation
Department of Cardiology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland. edmondcronin@gmail.com
Issue Date
2012-04
MeSH
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Aged
Confidence Intervals
Female
Humans
Ireland
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Poisson Distribution
Registries

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Citation
Impact of a national smoking ban on hospital admission for acute coronary syndromes: a longitudinal study. 2012, 35 (4):205-9 Clin Cardiol
Journal
Clinical cardiology
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/239194
DOI
10.1002/clc.21014
PubMed ID
22278857
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).
Item Type
Article
Language
en
ISSN
1932-8737
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