Role of meteorological factors in duodenal ulcer seasonality: A nation-wide, population-based study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1439-1446

  Xirasagar, Sudha ^a   Lin, Herng Ching ^b   Chen, Chin Shyan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Climate; Duodenal ulcer; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DUODENUM BLEEDING; DUODENUM PERFORATION; DUODENUM ULCER; ENDOSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUN; TAIWAN; TEMPERATE RAIN FOREST; WINTER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DUODENAL ULCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 34748826275     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0288-z     Document Type: Article

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