Effect of gender, age, and severity of asthma attack on patterns of emergency department visits due to asthma by month and day of the week

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 947-956

  Baibergenova, Akerke ^a   Thabane, Lehana ^a,d   Akhtar Danesh, Noori ^a   Levine, Mitchell ^a,d   Gafni, Amiram ^a   Moineddin, Rahim ^b   Pulcins, Indra ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INFORMATION   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Day of the week; Emergency department; Month; Strength of seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CANADA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 27744493877     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-005-3635-6     Document Type: Article

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