Heart failure in a cold climate: Seasonal variation in heart failure-related morbidity and mortality

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 760-766

  Stewart, Simon ^a   McIntyre, Kate ^a   Capewell, Simon ^b   McMurray, John J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLD CLIMATE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037028910     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01685-6     Document Type: Article

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