Climatic and geographic temporal patterns of pain in the Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea

Pain

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 91-98

  Smith, Wally R ^a   Bauserman, Robert L ^a   Ballas, Samir K ^a   McCarthy, William F ^a   Steinberg, Martin H ^a   Swerdlow, Paul S ^a   Waclawiw, Myron A ^a   Barton, Bruce A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Geography; Hydroxyurea; Pain; Sickle cell disease; Weather

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE; COLD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPRING; WINTER;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTISICKLING AGENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 70349776047     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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