Relationship Between the Occurrence of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Holidays and Traditionally Unlucky Days in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 194-198

  Nakaguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Teraoka, Akira ^b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY CHIBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Teraoka Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

air temperature; calendar; holiday; Intracerebral hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LEISURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SUPERSTITIONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548427447     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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