Limited impact of the summer heat wave in France (2003) on hospital admissions and relapses for multiple sclerosis

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-32

  Tataru, Nathalia ^a   Vidal, Chrystelle ^a   Decavel, Pierre ^a   Berger, Eric ^a   Rumbach, Lucien ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

Heat; Multiple sclerosis; Relapse; Season; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FRANCE; HEAT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; SYMPTOM;

FRANCE; HEATING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RECURRENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 33746337895     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094233     Document Type: Article

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