Does the weather influence dementia admissions?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 925-935

  Salib, Emad ^a,b,c   Sharp, Nicola ^c  

^a Hollins Park Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dementia admissions; Meteorological effects; Organic brain syndromes; Relative humidity in dementia; Seasonal variations in dementia; Weather parameters

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUN; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 0032705433     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199911)14:11<925::AID-GPS37>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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