Hourly Exposure to Ultrafine Particle Metrics and the Onset of Myocardial Infarction in Augsburg, Germany
Chen K, Schneider A, Cyrys J, Wolf K, Meisinger C, Heier M, von Scheidt W, Kuch B, Pitz M, Peters A, Breitner S, Group F. Hourly Exposure to Ultrafine Particle Metrics and the Onset of Myocardial Infarction in Augsburg, Germany. Environmental Health Perspectives 2020, 128: 017003. PMID: 31939685, PMCID: PMC7015564, DOI: 10.1289/ehp5478.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial infarctionMI casesTime-stratified case-crossover analysisConditional logistic regressionInterquartile range increaseCase-crossover analysisTwo-pollutant modelsMI registryEpidemiological evidenceDifferent particle metricsCardiovascular diseaseMyocardial infractionSimilar associationLogistic regressionHourly air pollutionParticle metricsEffect estimatesHealth effectsExposure metricsIndependent effectsTransient exposureInfarctionAssociationExposureAerodynamic diameter