Influence of climatic factors on the incidence of upper gastrointestinal bleeding;Influencia de los factores climáticos en la incidencia de hemorragia digestiva alta

Gastroenterologia y Hepatologia

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 540-545

  Lopez Cepero J M ^a,b   Lopez Silva M E ^a   Amaya Vidal, A ^a   Alcaraz Garcia S ^a   Cayon Blanco M ^a   Castro, T ^a   Esteban Alvarez A I ^a   Ferre Alamo A ^a   Benitez Roldan A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE JEREZ   (Spain)

^b Urb El Bosque   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH ULCER; TEMPERATURE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VELOCITY;

EID: 28444433794     PISSN: 02105705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13080601     Document Type: Article

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