Low atmospheric pressure and humidity are related with more frequent pulmonary embolism episodes in male patients

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 163-167

  Staśkiewicz, Grzegorz ^a   Torres, Kamil ^a   Czekajska Chehab, Elzbieta ^a   Pachowicz, Marcin ^a   Torres, Anna ^a   Radej, Sebastian ^a   Opielak, Grzegorz ^a   Maciejewski, Ryszard ^a,b   Drop, Andrzej ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure; Gender differences; Humidity; Pulmonary embolism; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE MORAL JUDGMENT; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEATHER;

EID: 77955155360     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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