Relation of the weather and the lunar cycle with the incidence of trauma in the groningen region over a 36-year period

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1103-1108

  Stomp, Wouter ^a   Fidler, Vaclav ^a   Ten Duis, Henk Jan ^a   Nijsten, Maarten W N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Moon; Temperature; Trauma incidence; Weather

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOON; PERIODICITY; PRECIPITATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WIND; HOME ACCIDENT; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

RAIN;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOON; NETHERLANDS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649094794     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181986941     Document Type: Article

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