Temperature variation and emergency hospital admissions for stroke in Brisbane, Australia, 1996-2005

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 535-541

  Wang, Xiao Yu ^a   Barnett, Adrian G ^a   Hu, Wenbiao ^a   Tong, Shilu ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency admissions; Season; Stroke; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICS; STROKE; TEMPERATURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 71249094265     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-009-0241-4     Document Type: Article

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