Impact of a Partial Smoke-Free Legislation on Myocardial Infarction Incidence, Mortality and Case-Fatality in a Population-Based Registry: The REGICOR Study

Fernando Agüero; Irene R. Dégano; Isaac Subirana; Maria Grau; Alberto Zamora; Joan Sala; Rafel Ramos; Ricard Treserras; Jaume Marrugat; Roberto Elosua

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053722

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Impact of a Partial Smoke-Free Legislation on Myocardial Infarction Incidence, Mortality and Case-Fatality in a Population-Based Registry: The REGICOR Study

Fernando Agüero ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fernando Agüero, Irene R. Dégano

Affiliations Department of Research in Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Disorders (RICAD), IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Parc de Salut Mar-Pompeu Fabra University-Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Irene R. Dégano ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fernando Agüero, Irene R. Dégano

Affiliation Department of Research in Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Disorders (RICAD), IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
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Isaac Subirana,

Affiliations Department of Research in Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Disorders (RICAD), IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain, Epidemiology and Public Health CIBER (Centros de Investigación Biomédica en Red), Barcelona, Spain
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Maria Grau,

Affiliation Department of Research in Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Disorders (RICAD), IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
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Alberto Zamora,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Comarcal de Blanes, Girona, Spain
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Joan Sala,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Hospital Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain
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Rafel Ramos,

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Research, IDIAP JGol (Institut d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol), Girona, Spain
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Ricard Treserras,

Affiliation Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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Jaume Marrugat,

Affiliation Department of Research in Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Disorders (RICAD), IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
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Roberto Elosua

* E-mail: relosua@imim.es

Affiliation Department of Research in Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Disorders (RICAD), IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
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Impact of a Partial Smoke-Free Legislation on Myocardial Infarction Incidence, Mortality and Case-Fatality in a Population-Based Registry: The REGICOR Study

Fernando Agüero,
Irene R. Dégano,
Isaac Subirana,
Maria Grau,
Alberto Zamora,
Joan Sala,
Rafel Ramos,
Ricard Treserras,
Jaume Marrugat,
Roberto Elosua

Published: January 23, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053722

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Impact of a Partial Smoke-Free Legislation on Myocardial Infarction Incidence, Mortality and Case-Fatality in a Population-Based Registry: The REGICOR Study

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