Cold weather and risk of sudden cardiac death in schizophrenia: Finding a new Achilles' heel?

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-170

  Scorza, Fulvio A ^a   Cysneiros, Roberta M ^a   Cavalheiro, Esper A ^a   Arida, Ricardo M ^a   Gattaz, Wagner F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLD EXPOSURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUDDEN DEATH; SUICIDE;

EID: 46849086165     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462008000200017     Document Type: Letter

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