Seasonal influence on the admittance of pre-eclampsia patients in Tygerberg hospital

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-42

  Immink, Annelies ^a,b   Scherjon, Sicco ^b   Wolterbeek, Ron ^b   Steyn, D Wilhelm ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pre eclampsia; Rainfall; Seasonal influence; South Africa; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PREECLAMPSIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 37549020375     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340701743066     Document Type: Article

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