Associations between meteorological variables and acute stroke hospital admissions in the west of Scotland

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-89

  Dawson, J ^a   Weir, C ^a   Wright, F ^b   Bryden, C ^c   Aslanyan, S ^a   Lees, K ^a   Bird, W ^c   Walters, M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Climate; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; STROKE; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 37849011210     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00916.x     Document Type: Article

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