Atmospheric pressure changes and outdoor temperature changes in relation to spontaneous pneumothorax

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 676-681

  Smit, Hans J M ^a,c   Devillé, Walter L ^a   Schramel, Franz M N H ^a   Schreurs, Ad J M ^b   Sutedja, Thomas G ^a   Postmus, Pieter E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure; Clustering; Spontaneous pneumothorax; Temperature; Thunderstorm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

EID: 0032821885     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.3.676     Document Type: Article

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