Air conditioning and intrahospital mortality during the 2003 heatwave in Portugal: Evidence of a protective effect

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 218-223

  Nunes, Baltazar ^a   Paixão, Eleonora ^a   Dias, Carlos Matias ^a   Nogueira, Paulo ^a   Falcão, José Marinho ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEATWAVE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; WARD; WEATHER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR CONDITIONING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXTREME HEAT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PORTUGAL; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 79951672625     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.058396     Document Type: Article

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