Emergency department patient presentations during the 2009 heatwaves in Adelaide

Collegian

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 175-182

  Mayner, Lidia ^a   Arbon, Paul ^a   Usher, Kim ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disaster; Emergency department patient presentations; Heatwave; ICD 10 codes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; SEX RATIO; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXTREME HEAT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78649636155     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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