Drier air, lower temperatures, and triggering of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.

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The few previous studies on the onset of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and meteorologic conditions have focused on outdoor temperature and hospital admissions, but hospital admissions are a crude indicator of atrial fibrillation incidence, and studies have found other weather measures in addition to temperature to be associated with cardiovascular outcomes.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Epidemiology

Title: Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1531-5487

ISSN (Print): 1044-3983

Publication date (Electronic): May 2015

Volume: 26

Issue: 3

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[1 ] From the aDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY; bCardiac Arrhythmia Service, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; cDepartment of Environmental Health, dDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; eChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and fCardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.

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Mid ID: NIHMS706233

DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000284

PMC ID: 4502955

PubMed ID: 25756220

SO-VID: 22d57524-5200-43fa-93f0-18338fbb5f11

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