Meteorological conditions related to the onset of spontaneous pneumothorax

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 329-334

  Özpolat, Berkant ^a   Gözübüyük, Alper ^b   Koçer, Bülent ^c   Yazkan, Rasih ^d   Dural, Koray ^c   Genç, Onur ^b  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure; Clustering; Rainfall; Spontaneous pneumothorax; Temperature

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METEOROLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEATHER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURKEY; WEATHER;

EID: 66149102389     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.217.329     Document Type: Article

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