Is diurnal temperature range a risk factor for acute stroke death?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 408-409

  Chen, Guohai ^a   Zhang, Yunhui ^b   Song, Guixiang ^c   Jiang, Lili ^c   Zhao, Naiqing ^b   Chen, Bingheng ^b   Kan, Haidong ^b  

^a Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33847131018     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.03.067     Document Type: Article

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