Seasonal variations in hospital admissions due to aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage in the state of Zurich, Switzerland

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 659-665

  Muroi, Carl ^a   Yonekawa, Y ^a   Khan, N ^a   Rousson, V ^b   Keller, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Seasonal variation; Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Weather

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SWITZERLAND; WEATHER;

EID: 3042726662     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0278-4     Document Type: Article

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