The effects of summer temperature, age and socioeconomic circumstance on Acute Myocardial Infarction admissions in Melbourne, Australia

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Loughnan, Margaret E ^a   Nicholls, Neville ^a   Tapper, Nigel J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEASON; SOCIAL CLASS; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; SOCIAL CLASS; TEMPERATURE; VICTORIA;

EID: 77955357684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-41     Document Type: Article

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