Association between wind speed and the occurrence of sickle cell acute painful episodes: Results of a case-crossover study

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 433-438

  Nolan, Vikki G ^a,b   Zhang, Yuqing ^b   Lash, Timothy ^a,b   Sebastiani, Paola ^a   Steinberg, Martin H ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Pain; Sickle cell anaemia; Weather

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COOLING; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL; STRATIFICATION; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WIND SPEED;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049147444     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07354.x     Document Type: Article

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