Seasonality of pneumonia admissions and its association with climate: An eight-year nationwide population-based study

Chronobiology International

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1647-1659

  Lin, Herng Ching ^a   Lin, Hsiu Chen ^a,b   Lin, Ching Chun ^a   Chen, Chin Shyan ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Climate; Pneumonia; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649119542     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420520903520673     Document Type: Article

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