Psychiatric effects of heat waves [16]

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1519-

  Bulbena, Antonio ^a   Sperry, Lili ^a   Cunillera, Jordi ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Meteorological Service of Catalonia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; HEAT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; VIOLENCE; WEATHER;

EID: 33750566045     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.57.10.1519     Document Type: Letter

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