Influence of climate factors on emergency visits for childhood asthma attack

Pediatrics International

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-52

  Hashimoto, Mitsuo ^a   Fukuda, Taiki ^a   Shimizu, Tetsuya ^a   Watanabe, Shou ^a   Watanuki, Satoshi ^a   Eto, Yoshikatsu ^a   Urashima, Mitsuyoshi ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Climate; Month; Season; Weather

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NIGHT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VELOCITY; WIND;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEASONS;

EID: 1542721779     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2004.01835.x     Document Type: Article

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