The effect of temperature on illness severity in emergency department congestive heart failure patients

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1081-1084

  Oktay, Cem ^a   Luk, Jeffrey H ^b   Allegra, John R ^b   Kusoglu, Levent ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Outcome; Precipitating factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 76149132989     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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