Temperature changes, temperature extremes, and their relationship to emergency department visits and hospitalizations for sickle cell crisis

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 106-111

  Smith, Wally R ^a   Coyne, Patrick ^a   Smith, Virginia S ^a   Mercier, Bruce ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EID: 0242288117     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1524-9042(02)54211-9     Document Type: Article

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