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. 2003 May;89(5):555-6.
doi: 10.1136/heart.89.5.555.

Lower myocardial infarction mortality in French men the day France won the 1998 World Cup of football

F Berthier, F Boulay

Lower myocardial infarction mortality in French men the day France won the 1998 World Cup of football

F Berthier et al. Heart. 2003 May.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Number of deaths from myocardial infarction, in French men and women, from 7 July 1998 to 17 July 1998. France played Brazil in the final of the Word Cup of football on 12 July 1998. Horizontal lines represent the mean and 95% confidence intervals for the five days preceding and the five days after the final match.
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Comment in

  • Stress and myocardial infarction.
    Chi JS, Kloner RA. Chi JS, et al. Heart. 2003 May;89(5):475-6. doi: 10.1136/heart.89.5.475. Heart. 2003. PMID: 12695440 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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