Samad Ghaffari, Reza Hajizadeh, Leili Pourafkari, Behrouz Shokouhi, Arezou Tajlil, Sarvin Mazani, Hadiseh Kavandi, Hosein Ansari, Nader D Nader
We investigated the association between the levels of air pollutants and the number of daily admissions due to ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in a metropolitan in the northwest of Iran. Daily concentrations of common air pollutants were obtained for the greater city of Tabriz for a period of 2 years. These reports included sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen byproducts (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O3), and particulate matters < 10 μm (PM10)...
December 2017: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International